Space (Launches and Returns) Legislation Amendment (Suitably Qualified Experts) Rules 2023

I, Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science, make the following rules

Dated: 10 August 2023

Ed Husic

Minister for Industry and Science

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Space (Launches and Returns) (General) Rules 2019

Space (Launches and Returns) (High Power Rocket) Rules 2019

1  Name

  This instrument is the Space (Launches and Returns) Legislation Amendment (Suitably Qualified Experts) Rules 2023.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Space (Launches and Returns) (General) Rules 2019

1  Subsection 22(3)

Omit “an independent person”, substitute “a person”.

2  Paragraph 52(2)(a)

Omit “and is not a related party of the applicant”.

3  Subsection 53(3)

Omit “and is not a related party of the applicant”.

4  Subsection 56(3)

Omit “who is not a related party of the applicant”.

5  Paragraph 98(2)(a)

Omit “and is not a related party of the applicant”.

6  Subsection 99(3)

Omit “and is not a related party of the applicant”.

7  Subsection 102(3)

Omit “who is not a related party of the applicant”.

8  At the end of the instrument

Add:

Part 10—Application and transitional provisions

125  Application of amendments made by the Space (Launches and Returns) Legislation Amendment (Suitably Qualified Experts) Rules 2023

 (1) The amendments made to this instrument by the amending instrument apply to:

 (a) applications made on or after the day the amending instrument commences; and

 (b) applications made, but not finally determined, before the day the amending instrument commences.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, the amending instrument is the Space (Launches and Returns) Legislation Amendment (Suitably Qualified Experts) Rules 2023.

Space (Launches and Returns) (High Power Rocket) Rules 2019

9  Subsection 26(3)

Omit “and is not a related party of the applicant”.

10  Subsection 29(3)

Omit “who is not a related party of the applicant”.

11  At the end of the instrument

Add:

Part 4—Application and transitional provisions

44  Application of amendments made by the Space (Launches and Returns) Legislation Amendment (Suitably Qualified Experts) Rules 2023

 (1) The amendments made to this instrument by the amending instrument apply to:

 (a) applications made on or after the day the amending instrument commences; and

 (b) applications made, but not finally determined, before the day the amending instrument commences.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, the amending instrument is the Space (Launches and Returns) Legislation Amendment (Suitably Qualified Experts) Rules 2023.