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(1)This section defines these expressions (here listed alphabetically) for the purposes of sections 93 and 94 and this section—
(a)aerodrome;
(b)airport, and its operator;
(c)great national emergency;
[F1(ca)range control services;]
(d)relevant asset, and a person who owns or operates it;
[F2(da)spacecraft;
(db)spaceflight activities;
(dc)spaceport;]
(e)United Kingdom air transport undertaking.
(2)A great national emergency is a natural disaster or other emergency which the Secretary of State thinks is or may be likely to give rise to such disruption of the means of transport that the population, or a substantial part of the population, of the United Kingdom is or may be likely to be deprived of essential goods or services.
(3)An aerodrome is an aerodrome as defined in section 105(1) of the M1Civil Aviation Act 1982.
(4)An airport is the aggregate of the land, buildings and works comprised in an aerodrome; and a person operates an airport if he manages it.
(5)A United Kingdom air transport undertaking is an undertaking which appears to the Secretary of State to have its principal place of business in the United Kingdom and which includes the provision of services for the carriage by air of passengers or cargo for hire or reward.
(6)A relevant asset is any—
(a)aerodrome [F3or spaceport],
(b)property used in connection with the operation of an aerodrome [F4or spaceport],
(c)aircraft [F5or spacecraft], or
(d)property used in connection with the provision of air traffic services [F6or range control services].
(7)An owner of a relevant asset is a person—
(a)who owns it or has a right over or interest in it, and
(b)whose consent is needed for its use by any other person.
(8)An operator of a relevant asset is a person who manages it.
[F7(9)The following expressions have the same meaning as in the Space Industry Act 2018—
range control services (see section 6 of that Act);
spacecraft (see section 2(6) of that Act);
spaceflight activities (see section 1(4) to (6) of that Act);
spaceport (see section 3(2) and (3) of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 95(1)(ca) inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 22(2); S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
F2S. 95(1)(da)-(dc) inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 22(3); S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
F3Words in s. 95(6)(a) inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 22(4)(a); S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
F4Words in s. 95(6)(b) inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 22(4)(a); S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
F5Words in s. 95(6)(c) inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 22(4)(b); S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
F6Words in s. 95(6)(d) inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 22(4)(c); S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
F7S. 95(9) inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 22(5); S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
Commencement Information
I1S. 95 wholly in force at 1.2.2001, see s. 275(1)(2) and S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to the transitional provision and saving in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
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