PART 1Airports
CHAPTER 3General provision
Interpretation
67Airports: supplementary
1
An airport includes, in particular—
a
a passenger terminal,
b
the forecourt of a passenger terminal,
c
a qualifying car park,
d
a cargo processing area,
e
land, buildings and other structures used for air traffic services, and
f
land, buildings and other structures used for the purposes of transferring passengers, baggage or cargo—
i
between passenger terminals or cargo processing areas that form part of the airport, or
ii
between such terminals or areas and aircraft using the airport,
subject to the following provisions of this section.
2
The forecourt of a passenger terminal includes an area that—
a
is used by road vehicles to pick up or drop off passengers using the terminal, and
b
has pedestrian access to the terminal,
other than a car park, bus station, tram station or railway station.
3
A car park is a qualifying car park if—
a
it is part of a passenger terminal that forms part of the airport, or
b
it has pedestrian access to such a terminal.
4
An airport does not include a hotel, unless it is situated in a passenger terminal that forms part of the airport.
5
An airport does not include a bus station, tram station or railway station.
6
For the purposes of section 66(1) when a person arrives at, or departs from, an airport other than in an aircraft the person’s arrival or departure takes place on arrival at or departure from—
a
a passenger terminal that is part of the airport,
b
the forecourt of such a terminal, or
c
a qualifying car park that is part of the airport.
7
For the purposes of section 66(1)—
a
when cargo arrives at an airport other than in an aircraft its arrival takes place when it is first unloaded from the vehicle in which it arrives, and
b
when cargo departs from an airport other than in an aircraft its departure takes place when it is loaded on to the vehicle in which it is to depart.
8
For the purposes of sections 5(4) and 66(1) the servicing of aircraft between landing and take-off at the aerodrome includes—
a
the supply of fuel, and
b
the repair, maintenance and overhaul of aircraft that land at the aerodrome.