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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Preliminary provisions - Interpretation provisions

7: Meaning of aviation place

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"What an 'aviation place' means in the law: a location where planes and aviation activities happen"

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When you hear the term 'aviation place' in this Act, it refers to a location where aviation activities are happening or usually happen. You are involved in these activities as someone who takes part in aviation. This location can be an aircraft, an aerodrome, or a special installation used for aviation. It also includes a place where an aircraft operates from, or where aircraft or parts are kept.

The term 'place' in this context is not just limited to land, it also includes vehicles, vessels, or other structures that can move. You can think of it as including any waters and installations on land, under water, or floating on water. This helps to give a clear understanding of what is meant by 'aviation place' in the Act.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Interpretation provisions

7Meaning of aviation place

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, aviation place—

  2. means a place where an activity is being carried out, or is customarily carried out, by or on behalf of an aviation participant acting in that capacity; and
    1. includes—
      1. an aircraft (whether or not in operation) and any aerodrome, navigation installation, or communications installation used specifically for aviation purposes:
        1. a place from which an aircraft is operated and any place where any aircraft, or any aeronautical product, is:
          1. a place where an aircraft, or any part of or debris from an aircraft, has fallen.

          2. In this section, place includes—

          3. a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, ship, or other mobile structure; and
            1. any waters and any installation on land, on the bed of any waters, or floating on any waters.