Cap. 232 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"air operator’s certificate" means a certificate granted under article

35 of the Air Navigation Act;

"air transport service" means the carriage of passengers or of mails or of cargo by air for reward;

"air transport undertaking" means an undertaking whose business includes the carriage by air of passengers or cargo for hire or reward; "Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta as established by the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; "Director General" means the Director General responsible for Civil Aviation in Malta; "effective control" means a relationship constituted by rights, contracts or any other means which, either separately or jointly and having regard to the considerations of fact or law involved, confer the possibility of directly or indirectly exercising a decisive influence on an undertaking, in particular by:

(a) the right to use all or part of the assets of an undertaking;

(b) rights or contracts which confer a decisive influence on the composition, voting or decisions of the bodies of an undertaking or otherwise confer a decisive influence on the running of the business of the undertaking; "European Union" fas the same meaning as is given to it in the European Union Act; "Gazette" means the Malta Government Gazette; "loss or damage", in relation to persons, includes loss of life and personal injury; "Malta" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by article 124 of the Constitution of Malta; "Member State" means a Member State of the European Union;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for transport and, to the extent of the authority given, any person authorised in that behalf by such Minister; "operating licence" means a licence issued under article 7;

"operator", in relation to an aircraft, means the person for the time being having the management of that aircraft, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; "person" includes an association or body of persons, whether vested with legal personality or not; "prescribed" means prescribed by regulation or order under this Act; "reward", in relation to any flight by an aircraft, includes any form of consideration received or to be received wholly or partly in respect of or in connection with that flight, irrespective of the person by whom or to whom the consideration has been or is to be given.