HKC0319
RECENED
ZI FED 1990
DESK OFFSCR
INDE
c. 38
Pa
543
EL
MON
DRO
Outer Space Act 1986
1986 CHAPTER 38
An Act to confer licensing and other powers on the Secretary of State to secure compliance with the international obligations of the United Kingdom with respect to the launching and operation of space objects and the carrying on of other activities in outer space by persons connected with this country. [18th July 1986]
B
E IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--
Application of Act
1. This Act applies to the following activities whether car- Activities to ried on in the United Kingdom or elsewhere-
(a) launching or procuring the launch of a space object;
(b) operating a space object;
(c) any activity in outer space.
which this Act applies.
2. (1) This Act applies to United Kingdom nationals, Scot- Persons to tish firms, and bodies incorporated under the law of any part whom this of the United Kingdom.
(2) For this purpose
individual who is
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"United Kingdom national means an
(a) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British National (Overseas), or a British Overseas citizen,
Act applies.