53Flight safety plan

53 Flight safety plan

(1) The application must include a flight safety plan for the launch or series of launches and any connected return. (2) The plan must include the following: (a) the strategies and arrangements to be used by the applicant to ensure that the launch or launches, the operation of the launch vehicle on the flight path and any connected return will be conducted: (i) in a way that reduces the level of risk to third parties to as low as is reasonably practicable; and (ii) within the launch safety standards set out in the Flight Safety Code; (b) arrangements for reporting to the Minister any changes in: (i) the arrangements for conducting the launch or launches and any connected return; or (ii) the assumptions and data used in the risk hazard analysis for each launch and connected return; (c) arrangements for subsequent reporting to the Minister on the compliance of the launch or launches, the operation of the launch vehicle on the flight path and any connected return with: (i) the launch safety standards; and (ii) the assumptions and data used in the risk hazard analysis for each launch and connected return. (3) The application must include written confirmation by a suitably qualified expert, who is approved under section 124A to give the written confirmation, that the launch or launches, the operation of the launch vehicle on the flight path and any connected return will fall within the launch safety standards if carried out in accordance with the flight safety plan.