Cap. 405 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say -

"aircraft" means any aircraft, whether or not a Maltese controlled aircraft, other than -

(a) a military aircraft; or

(b) an aircraft which, not being a military aircraft, belongs to or is exclusively employed in the service of the Government of Malta for customs or Police purposes, but the Minister may by order, which may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order, provide that any of the provisions of this Act shall apply with or without modifications to aircraft such as are mentioned in paragraph (b) of this definition;

"airport" means any area of land or water designed, equipped, set apart or commonly used for affording facilities for the take-off and landing of aircraft, and includes an air passenger terminal, an air cargo terminal and an air cargo warehouse as well as all lands and facilities pertinent to an airport;

"air navigation installation" means any building, works, apparatus or equipment used wholly or mainly for the purpose of assisting air traffic control or as an aid to air navigation, together with any land contiguous or adjacent to any such building, works, apparatus or equipment and used wholly or mainly for purposes connected therewith; "article" includes any substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour; "authorised officer" means any person authorised by the Head Aviation Security, or authorised by the Head Aviation Security on the advice of the Commissioner of Police, or the Commander, Armed Forces of Malta, or the Director General Civil Aviation, or the Chairman, Malta International Airport, to perform the duties of security guard or watchman in a restricted area; "commander" in relation to an aircraft means the member of the crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being a pilot in command of the aircraft; "explosive" has the same meaning as in article 314 of the Criminal Code; "firearm" has the same meaning as in the Arms Act;

"Head Aviation Security" means the public officer designated by the Minister to be responsible for the overall management and control of aviation security at specified airports and includes a public officer of his department so designated by him for the purposes of this Act. The Head Aviation Security and his department are the designated appropriate authority for Civil Aviation Security in Malta for the purpose of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) Nr. 300/2008 and of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) Nr. 18/2010; "immigration officer" means the Principal Immigration Officer as defined in article 2 of the Immigration Act acting under such authority;

"loss or damage" in relation to persons, has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act;

"Malta" has the same meaning as assigned to it by article 124 of the Constitution of Malta;

"manager", in relation to an airport, means those persons legally responsible for the organisations that are managing the operations of passengers and of the cargo terminal, and of the airside operations; "military aircraft" means an aircraft of the naval, military or air forces of any country; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for aviation security and, to the extent of the authority given, any person authorised in that behalf by such Minister;

"operator" in relation to any aircraft, shall have the same meaning given to it in the Aircraft Registration Act;

"motor vehicle" means any type of vehicle propelled by mechanical or electrical power;

"pilot in command" in relation to an aircraft means a person who for the time being is in charge of the piloting of the aircraft without being under the direction of any other pilot in the aircraft; "Police officer" has the same meaning assigned to it by the

Police Act; "property" includes any land, buildings or works, any aircraft or vehicle and any baggage, cargo or other article of any description; "restricted area" means an area access to which can only be obtained by authorisation from the Head Aviation Security and which may be as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act.