Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation “aerodrome” means an area of land or water intended or designed to be used either wholly or partly for the landing, departure and movement of aircraft, and includes any building, installation or equipment on or near an aerodrome used in connection with its administration; “aircraft” means a machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth; “air transport service” means a service for the carriage of passengers or cargo by aircraft for hire or reward; “Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation, concluded at Chicago on 7 December 1944, and includes the international standards and recommended practices and procedures adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation under article 37 of the Convention; “licence” means a licence issued under section 4; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of civil aviation is assigned; “Registrar” means the Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court. C17 – 1 [Issue 3] Civil Aviation Act