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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Enforcement and other matters - Offences - Additional penalty for certain offences

76: Additional penalty for offences involving commercial gain or liability of the Crown under Outer Space Treaty or Liability Convention

You could also call this:

"Bigger penalties for breaking space law for money or costing the government"

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If you break the law under sections 65 to 71 of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017, you might get an extra penalty. The court can give you this extra penalty when they find you guilty of the offence. You could have to pay a fine of up to three times the amount of money you made from breaking the law.

If you broke the law under sections 65, 66, or 67, the court can also order you to pay the Crown to cover any costs they have to pay because of what you did. This includes costs under the Outer Space Treaty or the Liability Convention, or any other international claim against the Crown. You would have to pay the Crown to cover these costs if you are found guilty of the offence.

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Offences: Additional penalty for certain offences

76Additional penalty for offences involving commercial gain or liability of the Crown under Outer Space Treaty or Liability Convention

  1. This section applies to an offence against any of sections 65 to 71.

  2. In addition to any penalty the court may impose for an offence referred to in subsection (1), the court may, on convicting any person of the offence,—

  3. order that person to pay an amount not exceeding 3 times the value of any commercial gain resulting from the commission of that offence if the court is satisfied that the offence was committed in the course of producing a commercial gain; or
    1. in respect of an offence against section 65, 66, or 67, order that person to pay an amount to the Crown to indemnify the Crown for any liability the Crown has incurred or may incur in respect of the launch vehicle or payload under the Outer Space Treaty or the Liability Convention or in relation to any other claim brought against the Crown under international law.