Order for Enforcement of the Act on Launching Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle and Control of Spacecraft
The Cabinet establishes this Cabinet Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 46 and Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Launching Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle and Control of Spacecraft (Act No. 76 of 2016).
(Refund of Indemnification Payment)
Article 1  The Prime Minister is to have the amount equivalent to an indemnification payment made refunded within one year of the day when the payment was made pursuant to Article 46 of the Act on Launching Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle and Control of Spacecraft (referred to below as the "Act")..
(Outsourcing of Work)
Article 2  (1) The work that the government may outsource pursuant to Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Act is as follows:
(i) receiving claims for indemnification payments;
(ii) investigating the amount of losses arising from a launch operator's compensation for launch vehicle fall damage; and
(iii) other than what is in the preceding two items, work related to indemnification payments (excluding the determination of the amount of an indemnification payment) specified by Cabinet Office Order.
(2) Other than what is provided in the preceding paragraph, matters necessary for the outsourcing under Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Act are specified by Cabinet Office Order.
Supplementary Provisions  [Extract]
(Effective Date)
(1) This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act.