{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-denied-boarding-compensation-and-assistance-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-denied-boarding-compensation-and-assistance-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/975",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding, Compensation and Assistance) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-denied-boarding-compensation-and-assistance-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\na reference to an Article is a reference to that Article in Council Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004 of 11th February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights ; and\n“operating air carrier” means an air transport undertaking with a valid operating licence that performs or intends to perform a flight under a contract with a passenger or on behalf of another person, legal or natural, having a contract with the passenger.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No. L46 of 17th February 2004, p.1. By virtue of Article 18 of the Council Regulation, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 295/91 of 4th February 1991 establishing common rules for a denied boarding compensation system in scheduled air transport, is repealed OJ L36, 8.2.1991, p.5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/975/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:00:41.301043+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."
}