OUTER SPACE BILL DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
Appendix
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Subject (or
General Headings)
Short title
Provision required (or particular
1.
Interpretation
2.
matters to be provided)
Title of the Ordinance to
be the Outer Space Ordinance
In the Ordinance, unless the context requires otherwise "outer space" is the space beyond the major portion of the Earth's atmosphere and
it includes the moon and
other celestial bodies. "Space object" is an object which is beyond, is intended to go beyond, or has been beyond, the major portion of the Earth's atmosphere and
it includes the component parts of a space object, its launch vehicle and the
component parts of that. "Authority" means the Space Objects Authority appointed
under Section 5. below.
Remarks
(explanations, queries)
These definitions are based on
those contained in Section 13 of
the UK Outer Space Act.