# The Operation of Air Services ... Regulations 2009, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Schedule—
“CAA Member” means a person appointed under section 2 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 to be a member of the CAA;
“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa) by means of an electronic communications network (within the meaning set out in section 32(1) of the Communications Act 2003);
“equivalent safety decision” means a decision of the CAA as to whether the condition in Article 13(3)(a) of the EC Regulation is satisfied;
“hearing” means a hearing at which oral evidence or argument may be heard and “to hear” is construed accordingly;
“lease approval” means an approval—
(a)under regulation 17; or
(b)under ARO.OPS.110 of Annex II of Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5th October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2) Any period of time specified in this Schedule by reference to days—
(a) where such period is expressed to begin after a particular date, is to begin on the first day after that date, and is inclusive of the last day unless that day falls on a day which is not a business day, in which case the period runs to the next business day; and
(b) where such period is expressed to run to or expire before a particular date or event, the period is to be calculated to expire on the last business day before the particular date or the date of that event.
(3) A business day is a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/41/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/operation-of-air-services-regulations-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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