PART 9Detention and sale of aircraft

Interpretation48

In this Part—

a

“aerodrome” has the meaning given to it in section 105 of the Civil Aviation Act 198215;

b

“aerodrome operator” means the person for the time being having the management or control of an aerodrome or, in relation to a particular aerodrome, the management or control of that aerodrome;

c

“aircraft documents” has the meaning given by section 88(10) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;

d

“airport charges” means charges payable to the owner or manager of an aerodrome for the use of, or for services provided at, an aerodrome but does not include charges payable by virtue of section 73 of the Transport Act 2000;

e

“the court” means—

i

in relation to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the High Court; and

ii

in relation to Scotland, the Court of Session;

f

“defaulting operator” means a person that falls under regulation 42(1)(a) or (b);

g

“regulator expenses” means any expenses incurred by the regulator in detaining, keeping or selling the aircraft, including—

i

any sums recovered from the regulator under regulation 47(2) or 59(2), or any sums under regulation 51(5) that have not been recovered under regulation 51(6);

ii

any expenses in connection with the application to the court under regulation 44; and

iii

any regulator expenses that are deemed to be added by virtue of regulation 43(2).