S.L. 405.3 чл. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Airports and Civil Aviation (Security) Act;

"acts of unlawful interference" means those acts or attempted acts which jeopardize or may jeopardize the safety of civil aviation, including but not limited to unlawful seizure of an aircraft, destruction of an aircraft in service, hostage-taking on board an aircraft or on aerodromes, forcible intrusion on board an aircraft, at an airport or on the premises of an aeronautical facility, introduction on board an aircraft or at an airport of a weapon or hazardous device or material intended for criminal purposes, use of an aircraft in service for the purpose of causing death, serious bodily injury, or serious damage to property or the environment, communication of false information such as to jeopardize the safety of an aircraft in flight or on the ground, of passengers, crew, ground personnel or the general public, at an airport or on the premises of a civil aviation facility;

"air carrier" means an air transport undertaking holding a valid operating licence or equivalent;

"airport" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it by article 2 of the Act;

"airport operator" , in relation to an airport, means the person, organisation or enterprise engaged in the management of an airport at the time; "appropriate authority" means the national authority designated by the Minister to be responsible for the coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the common basic standards referred to in Article 4 of the Principal Regulation and for the coordination and monitoring of the implementation of Malta’s National Civil Aviation Security Programme;

"aviation security" means the combination of the measures and human and other resources intended to safeguard civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference; "Aviation Security Committee" means the body established by article 5 of the Act; "Chicago Convention" means the Convention of International Civil Aviation and its Annexes signed in Chicago on 7 December, 1944; "civil aviation" means any air operation carried out by civil aircraft and excluding operations carried out by State aircraft;

"common basic standards" means the Community rules intended to protect civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference that jeopardise the security of civil aviation; "compliance monitoring activities" means any procedure or process used for assessing the implementation of the National Civil Aviation Security Programme; "deficiency" means a failure to comply with an aviation security measure; "entity" means a person, organisation or enterprise, other than an operator, including but not limited to regulated agents, regulated suppliers, known consignors and known suppliers;

"Head Aviation Security" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it by article 2 of the Act;

"known consignor" means a consignor who originates cargo or mail for its own account and whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow carriage of cargo or mail on any aircraft; "known supplier" means a supplier whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow delivery of supplies to security restricted areas of airports, air carriers or regulated suppliers, but not directly to aircraft; "National Civil Aviation Security Programme" means the document with details of aviation security measures, regulations, responsibilities and acceptable means of compliance that are necessary to protect passengers, crew, ground personnel and the general public from acts of unlawful interference with civil aviation; "operator" means a person, organisation or enterprise engaged, or offering to engage, in an air transport operation; "Principal Regulation" means Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security;

"regulated agent" means an agent, freight forwarder or any other entity which ensures security controls in respect of cargo or mail;

"regulated supplier" means a supplier whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow delivery of supplies directly to an aircraft; "security measures" means those aviation measures intended to implement the common basic standards which measures are included in the National Civil Aviation Security Programme and based on Commission Regulation (EU) 185/2010 and Commission Decision 2010/774/EU as amended.