Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Civil Aviation Act 1982;

• “air service agreement” means an agreement between the United Kingdom and F1another country governing aviation relations F2... ;

• “applicant” means a qualifying carrier who has applied for a scarce capacity allocation certificate;

• “party” means any person who has exercised the right to be heard in accordance with regulation 13(1) and any person the CAA decides to hear pursuant to regulation 13(3);

• F3“qualifying carrier”, in relation to a capacity constrained route, means—

  1. (a)

     an undertaking which has been granted an air transport licence in accordance with section 65 of the Act,

  2. (b)

     a UK air carrier as defined in section 69A(8) of the Act, or

  3. (c)

     any other air carrier authorised in accordance with an air service agreement to operate services on that route as an airline of the United Kingdom;

• “relevant traffic rights” means the traffic rights granted to the United Kingdom under or by virtue of an air service agreement;

• “scarce capacity” means the capacity which exists for providing air services where the relevant traffic rights are insufficient to enable all qualifying carriers who would wish to operate services on a route, to provide all the services they would wish to provide;

• “scarce capacity allocation certificate” means a certificate issued in accordance with regulation 19;

• F4...