Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00604:section:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00604
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14
Character Range: 27745–28484

14  Launch of space object from outside Australia
  A person commits an offence if:
 (a) a space object is launched from a facility (whether fixed or mobile), or place, outside Australia; and
 (b) the person is a responsible party for the launch; and
 (c) the launch is not authorised by an overseas payload permit held by any person; and
 (d) no authorisation certificate covering the launch is held by any person.
Note: In this context, the effect of the definition of responsible party in section 8 is that the person is a responsible party only if the person is also an Australian national.
Penalty:
 (a) for an individual—imprisonment for 10 years or 5,500 penalty units, or both; or
 (b) for a body corporate—100,000 penalty units.