ABSTRACT
This chapter describes and analyses the regulation of commercial, civilian space activities in Australia and New Zealand. It introduces the reader to the current activities, trends, and developments in each country’s respective space sector and then explains the space laws governing these sectors. Australia and New Zealand have similar legislative frameworks for regulating space activities. This is why both countries are covered together in this chapter. However, there are differences between the two, the specifics of which are explored in this chapter. The chapter first addresses Australia and then turns to New Zealand. Its overall objective is to simplify each country’s space legal landscape. As a result, the reader will come away with an understanding of the legal requirements that are incumbent upon space actors if they are planning to undertake, or are currently engaged in, commercial or civilian space activities in Australia or New Zealand.
