Consultation outcome

Commercial spaceflight: insurance and liabilities requirements

• From: Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, Civil Aviation Authority and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 13 October 2020
• Last updated: 5 March 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The evidence resulting from this consultation was incorporated into the government response to our related spaceport and spaceflight activities: regulations and guidance consultation on 5 March 2021.

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Original consultation

Summary

The draft insurance proposals and liabilities regulations needed for the Space Industry Act 2018, which will enable UK commercial spaceflight launches.

This consultation ran from
13 October 2020 to 11:59pm on 10 November 2020

Consultation description

We are consulting on the draft:

• insurance proposals
• liabilities regulations
• charging proposals

as part of the package of regulations required to implement the Space Industry Act 2018 and which will enable commercial spaceflight launches to take place from the UK.

We are consulting:

• on the operability and effectiveness of the proposals including the use of licence conditions to cover insurance requirements
• on the draft Space Industry (Liabilities) Regulations and associated documentation
• to gather new evidence and test the assumptions in the impact assessment

These proposals supplement the ‘Spaceport and spaceflight activities: regulations and guidance’ consultation published in July 2020.

Documents

Unlocking commercial spaceflight for the UK consultation on draft insurance and liabilities requirements to implement the Space Industry Act

PDF, 1.55 MB, 63 pages

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The space industry (liabilities) regulations 20XX

PDF, 163 KB, 2 pages

Guidance for stakeholders on insurance and liabilities requirements under the Space Industry Act 2018

PDF, 645 KB, 41 pages

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Liabilities and insurance 2020: impact assessment

PDF, 1.09 MB, 38 pages

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Modelled insurance requirement determination process

PDF, 2.25 MB, 30 pages

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Published 13 October 2020
Last updated 5 March 2021 + show all updates

1. 5 March 2021

   The evidence resulting from this consultation was incorporated into the government response to our related spaceport and spaceflight activities: regulations and guidance consultation.

2. 13 October 2020

   First published.