Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 822
Scientific Research
Research Councils
The United Kingdom Space Agency (Transfer of Property etc. ) Order 2011
Made
16th March 2011
Coming into force
1st April 2011
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6) of the Science and Technology Act 1965( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the United Kingdom Space Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 1st April 2011.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“NERC” means the Natural Environment Research Council established as a Research Council under section 1(1)(b) of the Science and Technology Act 1965;
“STFC” means the Science and Technology Facilities Council established as a Research Council under the Science and Technology Act 1965 by virtue of the Science and Technology Facilities Council Order 2007( 2 ); and
“TSB” means the Technology Strategy Board established as a Research Council under the Science and Technology Act 1965 by virtue of the Technology Strategy Board Order 2007( 3 ).
Transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations
3. In relation to the operation of the United Kingdom Space Agency, there are transferred to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills all property, rights, liabilities and obligations held, acquired or incurred as at the coming into force of this Order—
(a) by NERC, STFC or TSB in connection with the agreements specified in Part 1 of the Schedule; and
(b) by STFC in connection with the grants awarded by STFC which are specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.
David Willetts
Minister of State for Universities and Science
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
16th March 2011
Article 3
SCHEDULE
PART 1 Specified Agreements
Interpretation
In this Part—
“ESA” means the European Space Agency, an international organisation, established by the Convention which was opened for signature in Paris on 30th May 1975 and which entered into force on 30th October 1980( 4 );
“NASA” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration whose headquarters are in Washington DC, United States of America; and
“PPARC” means the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council whose property, rights liabilities and obligations were transferred to the STFC by the Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc ) Order 2007( 5 ).
| Date | Parties | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 24th March 2000 (extended and amended on 27th December 2007, 8th August 2008 and 13th December 2010) | PPARC and NASA | Letter of agreement concerning cooperation on the HINODE (formerly Solar B) mission |
| 4th May 2000 (extended on 18th October 2006 and 7th July 2010) | PPARC and NASA | Letter of agreement concerning cooperation on the SWIFT mission |
| 7th March 2001 (extended on 27th December 2007, 8th August 2008 and 9th December 2010) | PPARC and NASA | Letter of agreement concerning cooperation on the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission |
| 8th June 2004 | ESA and PPARC and other parties | Multilateral agreement concerning the European contribution to Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) |
| 9th May 2005 | ESA and PPARC and other parties | Multilateral agreement concerning the provision of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) technology package for the LISA pathfinder mission |
| 3rd April 2007 (last amended on 28th July 2008) | NERC and Astrium Limited | Agreement (number R8/H12/50) for the funding of the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) |
| 24th May 2007 | ESA and STFC and other parties | Multilateral agreement concerning the provision of the Mercury planetary orbiter payload for the BepiColombo mission |
| 19th November 2008 | ESA and STFC and other parties | Multilateral agreement concerning the GAIA data processing |
| 10th October 2009 | TSB, the Secretary of State for Transport, the Secretary of State for Defence, and the British National Space Centre | Letter of agreement on satellite navigation programmes, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and Galileo |
| 2nd December 2010 | ESA and STFC and other parties | Multilateral agreement signed on behalf of the United Kingdom for the ExoMars mission |
PART 2 Specified Grants
| Scientific Programme – Title | Grant – Reference Number | Holding Organisation - Name |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | PP/E007740/1 | Open University |
| ST/F011830/1 | University College London | |
| ST/F012020/1 | Open University | |
| ST/F012179/1 | The University of Manchester | |
| ST/H000259/1 | University of Leeds | |
| ST/I002820/1 | Natural History Museum | |
| ST/I506102/1 | University of Aberdeen | |
| ST/I506110/1 | The University of St Andrews | |
| ST/I506129/1 | Open University | |
| BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) - flight model | PP/EE002056/1 | University of Leicester |
| PP/E002412/1 | Open University | |
| Exomars instrument development | ST/I00209X/1 | University of Leicester |
| ST/I002081/1 | Imperial College London | |
| ST/I002197/1 | Cranfield University | |
| ST/I006110/1 | Cranfield University | |
| ST/I00274X/1 | University College London | |
| ST/I002758/1 | Aberystwyth University | |
| ST/I00588/1 | University of Leicester | |
| ST/I002677/1 | University of Leicester | |
| ExomarsTrace Gas Orbiter support | ST/I003010/1 | University of Oxford |
| ST/I00310X/1 | University of Leicester | |
| ST/I003061/1 | Open University | |
| ST/I00307X/1 | British Geological Survey | |
| ST/I003096/1 | Open University | |
| ST/I003118/1 | University College London | |
| GAIA Data Centre – flight development and operations | PP/D006546/1 | University of Cambridge |
| PP/D006570/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London | |
| PP/D006791/2 | Open University | |
| PP/D006511/1 | University of Leicester | |
| PP/D006503/1 | University of Edinburgh | |
| ST/I000852/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London | |
| ST/I00064X/1 | Open University | |
| ST/I00047X/1 | University of Leicester | |
| ST/I000402/1 | University of Edinburgh | |
| ST/I000542/1 | University of Cambridge | |
| Herschel Space Observatory / Spectral & Photometric Imaging Receiver (Spire) operations | ST/G003831/1 | University of Cardiff |
| ST/G003874/1 | Imperial College London | |
| James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) | ST/H003568/1 | University of Leicester |
| ST/I002693/1 | University of Leicester | |
| Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder payload / LISA Test Package – flight model | ST/I003401/1 | University of Birmingham |
| ST/I003509/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London | |
| ST/I006226/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London | |
| LISA technology development (pre-phase A) | ST/H000356/1 | University of Glasgow |
| ST/H000364/1 | University of Glasgow | |
| ST/G008566/1 | Imperial College London | |
| M2 mission Phase A/B1 studies (Euclid) | ST/I002952/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London |
| ST/I002960/1 | University of Durham | |
| ST/002898/1 | University of Portsmouth | |
| ST/I002901/1 | University of Edinburgh | |
| ST/I003045/1 | University of Oxford | |
| M2 mission Phase A/B1 studies (Plato) | ST/I002812/1 | Queen’s University Belfast |
| ST/I00291X/1 | University of Cambridge | |
| ST/I003207/1 | University of Leicester | |
| ST/I002944 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London | |
| ST/I002855/1 | Queen Mary, University of London | |
| Planck mission operations | ST/H00002X/1 | University of Cambridge |
| ST/H000593/1 | University of Cardiff | |
| ST/F004680/1 | University of Cardiff | |
| ST/H001212/1 | The University of Manchester | |
| ST/H001239/1 | Imperial College | |
| ROSETTA mission operations | ST/I006021/1 | University of Cardiff |
| ST/H004262/1 | Imperial College London | |
| Solar Orbiter Phase B2 payload | ST/I002928/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London |
| ST/I002863/1 | Imperial College London | |
| ST/1002936/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London | |
| Venus Express operations | ST/G00420X/1 | University of Aberystwyth |
| ST/G004218/1 | University of Sheffield | |
| SG/G004188/1 | Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London |