Paragraph 1 F1

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—

  1. (a)

     under regulation 17; or

  2. (b)

     F2under 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.

Any period of time specified in this Schedule by reference to days—

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.