Commentary on provisions of the Act General Schedule 12: Minor and consequential amendments
This Schedule sets out changes to other legislation as a consequence of this Act.
	Paragraph 1 amends the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 by inserting a new paragraph 53 into Schedule 11 to that Act. As such, any order or direction under section 44 of this Act which affects land in Northern Ireland must be registered on the Statutory Charges Register.
	Paragraph 2 inserts a new provision into section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 so that an offence under paragraphs 1, 2 or 4 of Schedule 4 to this Act are offences for which a summons or warrant for arrest may be issued.
	Paragraph 3 amends section 11 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982. This amendment exempts the CAA from applying charges in accordance with section 11 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 for any functions given to them by regulations made under section 15 of this Act.
	Paragraph 4 amends section 38 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 so that references in that Act to an aircraft includes a reference to a medium-range rocket.
	Paragraph 5 amends Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 excluding the offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 to this Act from section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
	Paragraph 6 inserts an offence under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act as a qualifying offence under section 65A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
	Paragraph 7 amends section 82 of the Airports Act 1982. It provides that in this Act, like the Aviation Security Act 1982, a reference to an aircraft includes a reference to a medium-range rocket by inserting new subsections (1C) to (1F).
	Paragraphs 8 to 14 (inclusive) amend the Outer Space Act 1986 ("OSA"). Section 3(3) (prohibition of unlicensed activities) is amended to provide for exemptions to be made by the order itself or by the Secretary of State. Section 3(4) is amended so that any order concerning exemptions under subsection (3) must be made by the affirmative resolution procedure, in line with the procedure for section 4(2) of this Act, as opposed to negative resolution procedure, which is the applicable procedure in section 3(4) OSA currently. In addition, other amendments to OSA provide for procedural matters relating to exemption applications and for limiting the period of an exemption (new subsection (3ZA) and subsection (3A)(za) to (zd) OSA).
	Subsection (3)(d) of section 4 of OSA 1986 is removed. A new section 4A concerning charging provisions is inserted and particularises what a charging scheme made by the Secretary of State under the OSA may specify following an appropriate consultation. The Secretary of State is entitled to charge for an application for a licence under a given scheme but may choose to waive part or the entirety of such a charge. Section 5 of the OSA is amended by paragraph 10. A new section 6A is inserted into the OSA pursuant to paragraph 12. This specifies that provisions to appeal against decisions of the Secretary of State under the OSA are provided in Schedule 10 to this Act.
	Paragraph 15 inserts an offence under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act as a qualifying offence in article 53A of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.
	Paragraph 16 amends section 48 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990. This means that, like the Aviation Security Act 1982 and the Airports Act 1982, references in the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 to an aircraft include a reference to a medium-range rocket.
	Paragraph 17 amends article 2 of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 so that references to an aircraft in that Order include a reference to a medium-range rocket.
	Paragraph 18 amends Schedule 8A to the Police Act 1997 so that an offence under any of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act are inserted into that Schedule.
	Paragraphs 19 to 22 (inclusive) amend the Transport Act 2000. Section 70(2) of that Act is amended by inserting a new paragraph (ca). This prescribes that the CAA has a new general duty to take account of any guidance given by the Secretary of State relating to spaceflight activities within the meaning provided in this Act. Other amendments update the Act in line with this Act, for example providing that an order for possession of a spaceport or spacecraft may be made in the same way that an order may be made for an aerodrome or aircraft under section 94 of that Act. The interpretation provisions of the Act are also updated.
	Paragraph 23 inserts the offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act into Schedule 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
	Paragraphs 24 and 25 amend the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Paragraph 24 amends Schedule 4 to the Act by inserting new paragraphs 33A and 33B. This makes offences under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act qualifying offences for the purpose of section 62 of the Act. Paragraph 25 amends Schedule 15 to the Act by inserting five new paragraphs (63I to 63M inclusive) so that offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act are specified offences under the Act.
	Paragraph 26 amends Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004. This makes offences under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act qualifying offences for the purpose of Article 21 of the Order.
	Paragraph 27 amends section 20 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The amendment inserts a new section 2A which specifies that offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 to this Act are to be treated as if they were Convention offences.
	Paragraph 28 amends Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006. This amendment inserts paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act as a "Schedule 2 offence" to the Act.
	Paragraph 29 amends Schedule 2 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to include offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act.
	Paragraphs 30 and 31 amend the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. Offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 to the Space Industry Act 2018 are inserted into Schedule 1 to the Order as serious offences. Offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act are also inserted as specified offences.
	Paragraph 32 amends the Energy Act 2013 so that a person appointed by regulations under section 16 of this Act is a relevant person for the purposes of section 89 of that Act.
	Paragraph 33 amends Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 by inserting a new paragraph 36A so that the defence contained in section 45 of that Act does not apply to offences under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act.