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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-departure-tax-scotland-act-2017/section-8",
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  "legislation": "asp/2017/2",
  "legislation_title": "Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-departure-tax-scotland-act-2017",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Meaning of chargeable aircraft",
  "text": "(1) An aircraft is a chargeable aircraft in relation to a flight if it has the characteristics specified in subsection (2), unless the aircraft is a non-chargeable aircraft under section 9 or 10 or regulations made under section 15.\n(2) The characteristics are that the aircraft—\n(a) is a fixed-wing aircraft designed or adapted to carry persons in addition to the flight crew,\n(b) has a maximum take-off weight of 5.7 tonnes or more, and\n(c) is fuelled by kerosene.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 15.9.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/248, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/2/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:23.809208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}