Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “aircraft documents”, in relation to any aircraft, means any certificate of registration, maintenance or airworthiness of that aircraft, any log book relating to the use of that aircraft or its equipment and any similar document;

• “airport charges” means charges payable to a person owning or managing an aerodrome in the United Kingdom to which section 88 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982^f1 or any enactment having the force of law in Northern Ireland containing provisions corresponding to that section for the time being applies for the use of, or for services provided at, the aerodrome but does not include charges payable by virtue of these Regulations;

• “authorised person” means—

  1. (a)

     any constable; and

  2. (b)

     any person authorised by the CAA (whether by name or by class or description) either generally or in relation to a particular case or class of cases;

• “the court” means, as respects England and Wales, the High Court, as respects Scotland, the Court of Session and, as respects Northern Ireland, the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;

• “international flight” means a flight to or from a place outside the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;

• “maximum total weight authorised” means, in relation to an aircraft, the maximum total weight of the aircraft and its contents at which the aircraft may take off in the United Kingdom in the most favourable circumstances in accordance with the certificate of airworthiness for the time being in force in respect of the aircraft; however if that certificate indicates a maximum total weight at which the aircraft may taxi, that weight shall be taken to be the maximum total weight authorised;

• “operator”, in relation to an aircraft, means the person who, at the relevant time, has the management of that aircraft;

• “the specified amount” means, in relation to a landing or take-off, the additional cost incurred by the CAA in providing navigation services by reason of the landing or take-off, as the case may be, being made outside hours;

• “the standard charge” means, for each complete metric tonne of the maximum total weight authorised of the aircraft in respect of which the charge is made, and for each fraction of a metric tonne, a charge for services provided in connection with the use of any one of the aerodromes specified in column 1 of the following Table in respect of an aircraft engaged on any flight, of the amount specified in relation to that aerodrome in column 2 of the said Table;

  TABLE

  (1)	(2)
  Heathrow-London For each metric tonne and for each fraction of a metric tonne up to 100 metric tonnes	£1.59
  For each additional metric tonne, and for each fraction of a metric tonne, over 100 metric tonnes	£0.65
  Gatwick-London For each metric tonne and for each fraction of a metric tonne up to 100 metric tonnes	£1.59
  For each additional metric tonne, and for each fraction of a metric tonne, over 100 metric tonnes	£0.65
  Stansted-London For each metric tonne and for each fraction of a metric tonne up to 100 metric tonnes	£1.59
  For each additional metric tonne, and for each fraction of a metric tonne, over 100 metric tonnes	£0.65
  Aberdeen (Dyce)	£3.90
  Edinburgh	£3.20
  Glasgow	£2.58

• “United Kingdom Air Pilot” means a document published by the CAA and so entitled;

• “within hours” means within the notified hours of watch of the air traffic control unit at the aerodrome, and “outside hours” shall be construed accordingly.

Unless otherwise defined in this regulation and unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in these Regulations shall have the same respective meanings as in the Air Navigation Order^f2.