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Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993)NoticesPublication of Airport Charges 2020Airport Charges8. Interpretation |
For the purposes of these rules, unless the context otherwise indicates:—
| (a) | "aircraft" |
means an aircraft as defined in section 1 of Aviation Act, 1962;
| (b) | "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);
| (c) | "airport" |
means an airport as defined in section 1 of the Aviation Act, 1962, and includes a company airport;
| (d) | "airport charge" |
means a landing charge, a parking charge and a passenger service charge;
| (e) | "airport manager" |
means a person designated by the Company for the purpose of these rules;
| (f) | "Company" |
means the Airports Company South Africa Limited.
| (g) | "company airport" |
means a company airport as defined in section 1 of the Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993);
| (h) | "crew member" |
means a person assigned by an operator to do duty on an aircraft during flight time;
| (i) | "flight" |
means a flight as defined in regulation 1.3 of the Air Navigation Regulations, 1976, as amended;
| (j) | "helicopter" |
means a helicopter as defined in regulation 1.3 of the Air Navigation Regulations, 1976, as amended;
| (k) | "international flight" |
means a flight which commences or terminates at an airport outside the Republic;
| (l) | "maximum certificated mass" |
means a maximum certificated mass as defined in regulation 1.3 of the Air Navigation Regulations, 1976, as amended;
| (m) | "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); |
| (2) | 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; |
| (n) | "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;
| (o) | "passenger" |
means any person other than a crew member on board an aircraft in flight;
| (p) | "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.
