Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993)

Notices

Publication of Airport Charges

8. Interpretation

Purchase

For the purposes of these rules, unless the context otherwise indicates:—

"aircraft"

means an aircraft as defined in section 1 of Aviation Act, 1962;

"air navigation infrastructure"

means air navigation infrastructure as defined in section 1 of the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 45 of 1993);

"airport"

means an airport as defined in section 1 of the Aviation Act, 1962, and includes a company airport;

"airport charge"

means a landing charge, a parking charge and a passenger service charge;

"airport manager"

means a person designated by the Company for the purpose of these rules;

"Company"

means the Airports Company South Africa Limited;

"company airport"

means a company airport as defined in section 1 of the Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993);

"crew member"

means a person assigned by an operator to do duty on an aircraft during flight time;

"flight"

means a flight as defined in regulation 1.3 of the Air Navigation Regulations, 1976, as amended;

"helicopter"

means a helicopter as defined in regulation 1.3 of the Air Navigation Regulations, 1976, as amended;

"international flight"

means a flight which commences or terminates at an airport outside the Republic;

"maximum certificated mass"

means a maximum certificated mass as defined in regulation 1.3 of the Air Navigation Regulations, 1976, as amended;

"operator"

in relation to an aircraft, means:—

1.	a licensee as defined in section 1 of the Air Services Licensing Act, 1990 (Act No. 115 of 1990), or an air carrier as defined in section 1 of the International Air Services Act, 1949 (Act No. 51 of 1949);

any airline of another State which operates a scheduled international air transport service in terms of a bilateral agreement as contemplated in section 2(2)(a) of the International Air Services Act, 1949; or any person who uses an aircraft under an authorisation by the Commissioner for Civil Aviation as contemplated in section 2(2A) of the said Act;

3.	the owner of such aircraft;

"owner"

in relation to an aircraft, means the person in whose name such aircraft is registered and includes any person who is or has been acting as agent in the Republic for a foreign owner, or a person by whom such aircraft is hired at the time;

"passenger"

means any person other than a crew member on board an aircraft in flight;

"state aircraft"

means any state aircraft as contemplated in article 3 of the Convention of International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944.