77Information about payload

77 Information about payload

(1) The application must include the following information in relation to each payload: (a) a description of the payload and its purpose; (b) the manufacturer of each subsystem of the payload and the country of manufacture; (c) the proposed trajectory and (if applicable) orbit of the payload; (d) whether the payload is intended to be returned, and if so: (i) the approximate timing of the return; and (ii) the intended location of the return; and (iii) a description of the intended return process; (e) the information required for the registration of the payload under paragraph 1 of Article IV of the Registration Convention. (2) The application must include: (a) a declaration by the applicant that any part of the payload in which the applicant has an ownership interest (or the whole payload if the applicant has an ownership interest in the whole payload) is not, and does not contain, a nuclear weapon or weapon of mass destruction of any other kind; and (b) an undertaking from the applicant that the applicant will: (i) not operate the payload in a manner that causes Australia to be liable for any damage under the Liability Convention; and (ii) not operate the payload in a manner that the owner knows, or ought reasonably to know, will negatively affect the national security of Australia. (3) If the payload contains a nuclear power source and the Minister’s written approval has been obtained for it do so, the application must include a copy of the approval.