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Answering problem question Make sure to address/follow this structure: (address this separately for each state) 1. Issues 2. Legal position 3. Advice 4. Recommendations 5. Possible claims Referencing AGLC (4th edition)

Australia and Space Law Australia’s participation in space law - Its active international diplomatic engagement with space continues to the present day, with Australia also regularly participating in intergovernmental and other multilateral/bilateral discussions regarding many aspects of space activities - Australia is a party of the Outer Space Treaty + regularly complies with its obligations to provide information to the United Nations Secretary-General (pursuant to Article IV of the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space) UNCOPOUS - Australia has been actively involved in the development of the international legal framework for outer space. - It was a foundation Member State of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). National Space Law in Australia Space Activities Act 1998 (Cth) Primary purposes of the legislation: - To establish a regulation regime for commercial space activities carried out either from Australia or by Australian nationals outside Australia; I to provide for the payment of adequate compensation for damage caused to persons or property as a result of space activities regulated by the Act; I to implement certain of Australia's obligations under the United Nations space treaties; and I to implement certain of Australia's obligations under specified space cooperation agreements. Structure: Part 3- provides for the regulation of space activities (financial and insurance requirements) Part 4- specifies rules regarding liability for damage that might be caused by relevant space activities Part 5- establishes a Register for Space Objects – having regard to the Registration Convention Part 5A- provides a framework for the implementation of specified space cooperation agreements Part 6- civil penalties

Part 7- provides for the investigations of accidents and incidents Regulation 4.01 of the Australian Space Regulations Act 2001 (Cth) - expands on general provisions of the legislation, stipulating that, before an overseas launch certificate can be granted, the authorising agency must be satisfied that: - “No part of the space object or objects concerned, in which the person [seeking the certificate] has an ownership interest, must be or contain a nuclear weapon or a weapon of mass destruction of any other kind”...