adventure flight means a flight involving elements of aerobatics, mock combat or low level or high speed flight where passengers are carried for the purpose of experiencing the flight rather than for the purpose of transportation.
Aeronautical Information Publication has the same meaning as in the Air Services Regulations 2019.
agricultural operations means the broadcasting of chemicals, seeds, fertilisers and other substances from aircraft for agricultural purposes, including purposes of pest and disease control.
air display means flying activities, including exhibitions involving unusual manoeuvres or demonstrations of skill in the manipulation of aircraft, together with flights for the purpose of demonstrating aircraft, performed before a public gathering.
airport has the same meaning as in the Airports Act 1996.
Annex means Volume I of Annex 16 to the Chicago Convention, being that Annex as amended and in force at the commencement of these Regulations.
certificate of airworthiness means:
(a) a certificate of airworthiness issued under regulation 21.176 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998; or
(b) a certificate of the airworthiness of an aircraft issued by, or on behalf of, a Contracting State.
Chapter 3 standards, for an aircraft, means the standards for aircraft noise set out in Chapter 3 of the Annex when the level of noise emitted by the aircraft is determined in the way set out in Chapter 3 of the Annex and Appendix 2 to the Annex.
Chapter 4 standards, for an aircraft, means the standards for aircraft noise set out in Chapter 4 of the Annex when the level of noise emitted by the aircraft is determined in the way set out in Chapter 4 of the Annex and Appendix 2 to the Annex.
Chapter 14 standards, for an aircraft, means the standards for aircraft noise set out in Chapter 14 of the Annex when the level of noise emitted by the aircraft is determined in the way set out in Chapter 14 of the Annex and Appendix 2 to the Annex.
Commonwealth place means a place referred to in paragraph 52(i) of the Constitution, other than the seat of government.
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
derived version, in relation to an aircraft, has the same meaning as in the Annex.
engage in conduct means:
(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to perform an act.
environmental operations means the aerial application of substances for the purposes of pollution clean‑up and control.
EPNdB is short for effective perceived noise in decibels.
exempt RPA means an RPA that:
(a) is a micro RPA (within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998); or
(b) is being operated in standard RPA operating conditions (within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998); or
(c) is being operated for:
(i) an agricultural operation; or
(ii) an environmental operation; or
(iii) a fire fighting, medical or policing purpose; or
(iv) a sport or recreation purpose.
inspector means an inspector appointed under section 21.
large marginally compliant aircraft means a subsonic jet aircraft that:
(a) either:
(i) has a maximum take‑off weight of 34,000 kg or more; or
(ii) is permitted by its type certificate to have a passenger seating capacity of more than 19 seats other than seats for crew; and
(b) if it was not previously a state aircraft:
(i) was certificated for compliance with the standards for aircraft noise in Chapter 2 of the Annex; and
(ii) has been re‑certificated for compliance with the standards for aircraft noise in Chapter 3 of the Annex; and
(c) has been modified; and
(d) complies with the noise certification limits mentioned in the standards for aircraft noise in Volume A, Part II of Chapter 3 of the Annex by a cumulative margin of not more than 5 EPNdB if:
(i) the cumulative margin is the amount of noise, expressed in EPNdB, that is obtained by adding the individual margins at each of the 3 noise reference points mentioned in Volume A, Part II of Chapter 3 of the Annex; and
(ii) an individual margin is the difference between the certificated noise level and the maximum permitted noise level at a referenced noise measurement point.
Note: Paragraph (d) of this definition is based upon the definition of ‘marginally compliant aircraft’ in Article 2 of Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 March 2002 on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise‑related operating restrictions at community airports.
local governing body, for a locality, means:
(a) if there is a local council for the locality—the local council; or
(b) in any other case—any other body responsible for local government matters in the locality.
maximum take‑off weight, for an aircraft, has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
noise certificate means a certificate, whether or not consisting of a separate document, issued, or deemed to have been issued, under section 8, or issued under section 9.
Notice to Airmen has the same meaning as in the Air Services Regulations 2019.
operator means a person, organisation, or enterprise engaged in, or offering to engage in, an aircraft operation.
relevant law means a law of a Contracting State relating to the control of aircraft noise, being a law:
(a) the requirements of which are at least as stringent as the requirements of the Annex with respect to noise certification; or
(b) compliance with the requirements of which has been determined by the Secretary, by notifiable instrument, to be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the Annex with respect to noise certification.
relevant standards:
(a) for an aircraft specified in column 1 of an item in Schedule 1—means the standards for aircraft noise (if any) set out in column 2 of that item; or
(b) for an aircraft that is not specified in column 1 of an item in Schedule 1 but for which standards for aircraft noise are set out in the Annex for aircraft of the class to which the aircraft belongs—means those standards.
restricted airport means an airport mentioned in a notice under subsection 18(1) as an airport where the restrictions or prohibitions mentioned in the notice are to apply.
RPA (short for remotely piloted aircraft) has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
subsonic jet aircraft means an aircraft that:
(a) is propelled by one or more engines of the following kinds:
(i) turbofan engines;
(ii) turbojet engines;
(iii) unducted fan engines;
(iv) rocket engines; and
(b) is not capable of sustained level flight at a speed equal to or greater than the speed of sound; and
(c) is not an RPA.
supersonic aircraft means an aircraft that is capable of sustained level flight at a speed equal to, or greater than, the speed of sound.
type certificate has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
(2) Words and expressions used in these Regulations and in the Annex have the same meaning in these Regulations as in the Annex.