Space Industry (Indemnities) Act 2025

2025 Chapter 35

An Act to require operator licences authorising the carrying out of spaceflight activities to specify the licensee’s indemnity limit.

Enacted [18th December 2025]

Be it enacted by the King’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:—

^I11 Licence terms relating to indemnification of government etc¶

In the Space Industry Act 2018—

Amends Space Industry Act 2018 · 1 change

12 Terms of licences

subsection (1) unchanged

2 An operator licence ~~may~~must specify a limit on the amount of the licensee's liability under section 36 in respect of the activities authorised by the licence.

subsections (3) – (6) unchanged

a in section 12 (terms of licences), in subsection (2), for “may” substitute “must”;

Amends Space Industry Act 2018 · 1 change

36 Obligation to indemnify government etc against claims

subsections (1) – (2) unchanged

3 Subsection (1)—

a is subject to ~~any~~the limit specified under section 12(2) on the amount of a licensee's liability, except in prescribed cases or circumstances;

paragraph (b) unchanged

subsections (4) – (10) unchanged

b in section 36 (obligation to indemnify government etc against claims), in subsection (3)(a), for “any” substitute “the”.

^I22 Extent, commencement and short title¶

1 This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2 The power under section 71(5) of the Space Industry Act 2018 may be exercised so as to extend to any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory any amendment made by this Act (with or without modifications).

3 This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

4 This Act may be cited as the Space Industry (Indemnities) Act 2025.

Footnotes

I1
S. 1 in force at 18.2.2026, see s. 2(3)
I2
S. 2 in force at 18.2.2026, see s. 2(3)