Bill
Space Activities Amendment (Launches and Returns) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-08-31. Jobs and Innovation portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Jobs and Innovation
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-05-30
- second reading — 2018-05-30
- second reading — 2018-08-20
- second reading — 2018-08-20
- third reading — 2018-08-20
- introduced — 2018-08-21
- second reading — 2018-08-21
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- third reading — 2018-08-23
- passed — 2018-08-23
- royal assent — 2018-08-31
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-05-30.
The bill would update Australia's space laws to keep pace with changes in the industry.
It expands the rules to cover launches from aircraft and high-power rockets, and simplifies approvals and insurance.
Insurance for each launch or return would be capped at $100 million, down from the previous minimum of $750 million, set in rules Parliament can disallow.
- Broadens the regulatory framework to include launches from aircraft and high-power rockets.
- Reduces barriers to entry by streamlining approval processes and insurance requirements.
- Lowers the maximum insurance requirement from $750 million to $100 million and moves the detail to disallowable rules.
Space industry participants, including smaller businesses and universities, and the Commonwealth.
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