124. Interpretation

“aircraft” means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the aerodynamic reactions of the air, other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface ;

“Authority” means the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri

Lanka, established by the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No. 34 of 2002;

“authorized security personnel” means a member of the Security Services maintained by a Service

Provider to whom a licence is issued by the Director

General for the provision and maintenance of an aviation security service and includes any member of the Armed Forces or Police Force, who is performing or is called upon to perform duties within the airport ;

“business of air transportation” means the making available (as the operator of an aircraft or as a principal or agent) of any accommodation for the carriage of persons, cargo or mail, on flight by aircraft (whether registered in Sri Lanka or not) in any part of the world, including flights to and from the territory of Sri Lanka ;

“Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Act” means the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No.

34 of 2002 ;

“Convention” means the Convention on International

Civil Aviation which was signed at Chicago on the 7th day of December, 1944, as amended by any subsequent Convention or Agreement and includes any Annex attached to such Convention ;

“dangerous goods” means any substances or articles which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment and which are shown in the list of dangerous goods specified in the

Technical Instructions issued by International Civil

Aviation Organization or which are classified as dangerous goods, according to such Technical

Instructions ;

“Director General” means the Director General of Civil

Aviation appointed under section 11 of the Civil

Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No. 34 of 2002 ;

“foreign aircraft” means an aircraft which is not registered in Sri Lanka under this Act ;

“Fund” means the Fund of the Authority established by section 12 of the Civil Aviation Authority of

Sri Lanka Act ;

“ground handling services” means services necessary for an aircraft’s arrival at and departing from an

Aerodrome, other than air traffic services ;

“military aircraft” means an aircraft used or operated for or on behalf of a State for purposes other than the carriage of passengers or cargo for hire or reward;

“National Aviation Policy” means the National Policy on Aviation formulated and adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers ;

“navigational aids” means visual and non-visual-navigational aids along an air route, visual and non-visual aids to approaching and landing at

Aerodromes and includes communication services, meteorological services and air traffic control services ;

“navigational facilities” means facilities provided to permit safe navigation of aircraft and includes visual and non-visual navigational aids ;

“operator” means a person, organization or an enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in aircraft operations and includes any person who causes or authorizes the operation of an aircraft, whether with or without the control (in the capacity of a owner, lessee, or otherwise) of the aircraft ;

“operator of the Aerodrome” means, in relation to any premises used or appropriated for use as an

Aerodrome, the person maintaining or operating or is authorized to maintain and operate an Aerodrome in those premises or in the case of an Aerodrome which is established or maintained by or on behalf of the Government, the Service Provider so appointed for that purpose ;

“Regional Air Navigation Plan” means a plan of routes, facilities and services agreed to by Governments at any Regional Air Navigation Conference and approved by the Council of the International Civil

Aviation Organization ;

“SARPS”means Standards and Recommended

Practices adopted by the Council of the

International Civil Aviation Organization under

Article 37 of the Convention ;

“SDR” means Special Drawing Rights defined by the

International Monetary Fund ;

“standards” means:—

Sri Lanka has not filed differences under Article 38 of the Convention ; and

Council of the International Civil Aviation

Organization under Article 37 of the Convention and which have been duly implemented in

Sri Lanka;

“State Party to the Convention” means a State that has ratified or has adhered to the Convention ;

“territory of Sri Lanka” means the land area, internal waters and the territorial waters of Sri Lanka and includes the air space above such areas.