(1) The application:

(a)

must be in writing; and

(b) must state the applicant's name and address or, if the applicant is incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory:

(i)

the applicant's name, registered address and ACN and the names and addresses of its directors; and

(ii)

if the applicant is a subsidiary of, or is under the direction or financial control of, a parent body, the names and addresses of the directors of the parent body; and

(c)

must specify the launch facility proposed to be covered by the overseas launch certificate, its location and the date when it commenced operating or is proposed to commence operating; and

(d) must specify:

(i)

the date and time of the proposed launch or, if that information is not available to the applicant at the time of the application, the period (which must not be longer than 6 months) within which the launch is proposed to take place; or

(ii)

for a particular series of launches, the date and time of each proposed launch or, if that information is not available to the applicant at the time of the application, the period (which must not be longer than 6 months) within which the series is proposed to take place; and

(e)

must specify the kind of launch vehicle proposed to be covered by the overseas launch certificate, including the launch vehicle or vehicles proposed to be launched under the certificate; and

(f)

must specify each payload to be carried in which the applicant has an ownership interest, including the name of its manufacturer and country of manufacture; and

(g)

must give details of the proposed orbit (if any) of each payload; and

(h)

must give details of all nominated trajectories or range of trajectories of each space object concerned; and

(i)

must include the information referred to in paragraph 1 of Article IV of the Registration Convention about each payload to be carried in which the applicant has an ownership interest, so far as the applicant knows that information; and

(j) 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

(k)

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) (k), the following are the documents:

(a)

all publicly available information about launches, or attempted launches, at the launch facility using launch vehicles of the kind proposed to be covered by the overseas launch certificate for the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application;

(b) documents, in accordance with regulation 4.07, relating to:

(i)

the applicant's organisational structure; and

(ii)

particular persons who would, if the overseas launch certificate were granted to the applicant, have duties or functions connected with the proposed launch or launches;

(c)

a statement that sets out the details of any contractual arrangements between the applicant and any other persons directly connected with the launch or launches;

(d)

enough information about the launch or launches (that is, information that the Minister reasonably requires and that could reasonably be expected to be available to the applicant) to enable the Minister to make an informed decision as to the probability of the launch or launches causing substantial harm to public health or public safety or causing substantial damage to property;

(e) in relation to each space object that is proposed to be launched, a statutory declaration:

(i)

by the applicant; or

(ii)

if the applicant is a body incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, by the person holding or performing the duties of the position of chief executive officer (however described) within the applicant's organisation;

verifying that any part of the space object in which the applicant has an ownership interest is not, and does not contain, a nuclear weapon or a weapon of mass destruction of any other kind;

(f)

if any part of any space object in which the applicant has an ownership interest contains any fissionable material and the Minister's written approval for it to do so has been obtained, a copy of that approval.