The Operation of Air Services ... Regulations 2009

[F1 1.— (1) In this Schedule— U.K.

“CAA Member” means a person appointed under section 2 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 to be a member of the CAA;

“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa) by means of an electronic communications network (within the meaning set out in section 32(1) of the Communications Act 2003);

“equivalent safety decision” means a decision of the CAA as to whether the condition in Article 13(3)(a) of the EC Regulation is satisfied;

“hearing” means a hearing at which oral evidence or argument may be heard and “to hear” is construed accordingly;

“lease approval” means an approval—

(a)

under regulation 17; or

(b)

[F2 under ARO.OPS.110 of Annex II of Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5th October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.]

(2) Any period of time specified in this Schedule by reference to days—

(a) where such period is expressed to begin after a particular date, is to begin on the first day after that date, and is inclusive of the last day unless that day falls on a day which is not a business day, in which case the period runs to the next business day; and

(b) where such period is expressed to run to or expire before a particular date or event, the period is to be calculated to expire on the last business day before the particular date or the date of that event.

(3) A business day is a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 3, 4 inserted (6.4.2013) by The Operation of Air Services in the Community (Pricing etc.) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/486), regs. 1, 37(7)

F2 Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) substituted (9.1.2019) by The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 17