"the Act"

means the Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009).

"appellant", "respondent" and "party"

include the attorney or counsel appearing for any such party;

"deliver"

means to file with the Secretariat and serve a copy on the opposite party either by hand-delivery, registered post, facsimile or electronic mail, and "delivery", "delivered" and "delivering" have corresponding meanings;

"Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002"

means the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002);

"notice"

means notice in writing;

"Regulations"

means the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011;

"Appeal Secretariat"

means officials in the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Transport designated to perform the administrative and secretarial services for the Appeals Committee;

"sheriff"

means a person appointed in terms of section 2 of the Sheriffs Act, 1986 (Act No. 90 of 1986), and also a person appointed in terms of section 5 and section 6 of that Act as an acting sheriff and a deputy sheriff, respectively;

"signature"

includes an advanced electronic signature as defined and described in Chapters I, II and III of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 and this also applies to "sign", "signing" and "signed";