Cap. 218 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"air transport undertaking" means an undertaking whose business includes the carriage by air of passengers or cargo for hire or reward; "association of persons" means a company, partnership or any other body or persons, whether vested with legal personality or not; "Board" means the Aviation Safety Board established by article 9; "cargo" includes mail and animals; "certificate" means an air operator’s certificate granted under article 4; "crew" means every person employed or engaged in an aircraft in flight on the business of the aircraft; "Director" means the Director of Civil Aviation and includes any person deputed by him in writing; "dry lease agreement" means an agreement whereby an aircraft is leased without crew by its registered owner to another person; "foreign air transport undertaking" means an undertaking whose business includes the carriage by air of passengers or cargo for payment or reward and whose principal place of business is outside Malta;

"holder", in relation to a certificate, includes the holder of a certificate which has been revoked or suspended;

"maximum total weight authorized" in relation to an aircraft means the maximum total weight of the aircraft and its contents at which the aircraft may take off anywhere in the world, in the most favourable circumstances in accordance with the certificate of airworthiness in force in respect of the aircraft;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for aviation; "operator", in relation to an aircraft, means the person for the time being having the business management of that aircraft, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

"person" includes an association of persons; "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made 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 or to whom the consideration has been or is to be given.