Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “aerodrome” means any area of land or water designed, equipped, set apart or commonly used for affording facilities for the landing and departure of aircraft and includes any area or space, whether on the ground, on the roof of a building or elsewhere, which is designed, equipped or set apart for affording facilities for the landing and departure of aircraft capable of descending or climbing vertically, but shall not include any area the use of which for affording facilities for the landing and departure of aircraft has been abandoned and has not been resumed;

• “the CAA” means the Civil Aviation Authority;

• “the Insurance Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators^f1;

• “the Order” means the Air Navigation Order 2000^f2.

Other expressions used in these Regulations have, in so far as the context admits, the same meaning as in the Insurance Regulation.