S.L. 499.19 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

"air carrier" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Allocation of Slots at Airport Regulations;

"airport" means any land area specifically adapted for the landing, taking-off and manoeuvring of aircraft, including the ancillary installations which these operations may involve for the requirements of aircraft traffic and services, including the installations needed to assist commercial air services;

"airport charge" means a levy collected for the benefit of the airport managing body and paid by the airport users for the use of facilities and services, which are exclusively provided by the airport managing body and which are related to landing, take-off, lighting and parking of aircraft, and processing of passengers and freight; "airport facility charges" means all those charges, not being airport charges; "airport managing body" means a body that has as its objective the administration and management of the airport infrastructure, and the co-ordination and control of the activities of the different operations present in the airport;

"Airport operator" means the airport managing body; "airport user" means any natural or legal person responsible for the carriage of passengers, mail and, or freight by air to or from the airport concerned; "AUC" means the Airport Users Committee which is set up at the airport representing airport users; "the Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established by article 5 of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; "the Directive" means Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on airport charges; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for Civil Aviation.