(1) The application:

(a)

must be in writing; and

(b) must state:

(i)

the applicant's name and address; or

(ii)

if the applicant is incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, the applicant's name, registered address and ACN and the names and addresses of the people responsible for its management and control; and

(c)

must describe the relevant launch facility and specify its location; and

(d)

must state when the applicant proposes to commence operating and, if construction of the launch facility has not yet commenced, constructing the launch facility; and

(e)

must specify the kind of launch vehicle proposed to be covered by the space licence; and

(f)

if the applicant proposes to conduct a test flight or flights of a relevant launch vehicle at the launch facility, must state the date of the proposed flight or flights; and

(g) must give:

(i)

the name of an individual within the applicant's organisation who is able to deal with all matters in relation to the application; and

(ii)

the telephone number at which the individual may be contacted at all times, the telephone number (if any) to which a facsimile message for the individual may be transmitted and the individual's e-mail address (if any); and

(h)

must be accompanied by the documents referred to in subregulation (4).

(2)

The application, and any documents required to accompany the application under this regulation, must be lodged with the Department.

(3)

If a document is not in English, the document must have with it a translation of it into English and a related certificate of verification by an accredited translator.

(4) For paragraph (1) (h), the following are the documents:

(a)

documents, in accordance with paragraphs 2.10 (1) (a) to (d), relating to the applicant's organisational structure and financial standing;

(b)

documents, in accordance with paragraph 2.10 (1) (e), relating to particular persons who would, if the space licence were granted to the applicant, have duties or functions connected with the operation of the relevant launch facility or relevant launch vehicles using the launch facility;

(c)

a copy of the program management plan, in accordance with regulation 2.11, under which the applicant proposes to operate the launch facility and launch vehicles and do any construction associated with the launch facility;

(d)

a copy of the design and engineering plans and specifications for the launch facility;

(e)

if subregulation (6) applies to the applicant, a copy of the flight test plan, in accordance with regulation 2.12, that the applicant proposes to use in relation to any test flight of a launch vehicle, or launch vehicle of a kind, mentioned in that subregulation that is conducted at the launch facility;

(f)

a copy of the technology security plan, in accordance with regulation 2.13, that the applicant proposes to use in operating the launch facility and the relevant launch vehicles;

(g)

a copy of the emergency plan, in accordance with regulation 2.14, that the applicant proposes to use in relation to an accident, incident, or any other emergency referred to in that regulation;

(h)

evidence of any necessary approval (however described) that the applicant is required to have by or under any Australian law for any of the arrangements or procedures in the emergency plan, from the ambulance, fire, police and other emergency services operating in the State or Territory where the launch facility is, or is proposed to be, located;

(i)

evidence to show that all necessary environmental approvals under Australian law have been obtained for the construction and operation of the relevant launch facility (including, if for any reason a particular environmental approval is not necessary, evidence to that effect);

(j) if no other Australian law requires the applicant to have an environmental plan approved for the construction and operation of the launch facility:

(i)

a copy of an environmental plan containing the arrangements and procedures mentioned in regulation 2.17; and

(ii)

a written assessment, by an independent person having suitable qualifications and experience, of the adequacy of the arrangements and procedures set out in the plan;

(k) in relation to the kind of launch vehicle:

(i)

the documents mentioned in regulation 2.15; or

(ii)

if there is a technical recognition agreement that covers the kind of launch vehicle or a relevant launch vehicle, a written statement to that effect and copies of all documents and information in connection with, or incidental to, the kind of launch vehicle or relevant launch vehicle, referred to in the technical recognition agreement;

(l)

a copy of an outstanding acquittals plan, in accordance with regulation 2.16.

(5)

The flight test plan may be included as part of the applicant's program management plan or may be a separate document.

(6) This subregulation applies to the applicant if:

(a)

the kind of launch vehicle proposed to be covered by the space licence is a new kind and no launch vehicles of that kind have been flight tested; or

(b)

a relevant launch vehicle that the applicant intends to use at the launch facility has had a major modification made to it.

(7) For subregulation (6), a launch vehicle or a kind of launch vehicle has had a major modification made to it if:

(a)

a change has been made to the design of the kind of launch vehicle that involves any change to the type of engine, navigation system, flight control system or flight termination system specified in the design, or involves the use of strap-on boosters; or

(b)

it is modified in any other way that might affect, to a significant extent, any characteristic affecting its operation or performance.

(8) In this regulation:
"technical recognition agreement "means an agreement (however described) between Australia and another country that:

(a)

is in force; and

(b)

recognises the other country's licensing or certification for a particular launch vehicle or kind of launch vehicle for the purpose of showing that the launch vehicle or kind of launch vehicle can reasonably be expected to be as effective and safe as possible for its intended purpose having regard to its design and that purpose.