3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > AA means the body called Airservices Australia that is established by this Act. > aircraft means any machine or craft that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air and, in Division 4 of Part 5, includes an object that was designed or adapted for use as an aircraft but is incapable of being so used because: (a) a part has, or parts have, been removed from it; or (b) it is in a wrecked or damaged condition. > appointed member means a member of the Board who is appointed by the Minister under subsection 22(2). > Australian‑administered airspace means: (a) the airspace over Australian territory; and (b) airspace that has been allocated to Australia by ICAO under the Chicago Convention and for which Australia has accepted responsibility; and (c) airspace administered by Australia at the request of another country. > Australian aircraft means an aircraft registered in Australia. > Australian territory means: (a) the territory of Australia and of every external Territory; and (b) the territorial sea of Australia and of every external Territory; and (c) the air space over any such territory or sea. > authorised employee means an employee authorised by AA in writing to act under the provision in which the expression occurs. > authority of the Commonwealth includes the following: (a) the Defence Force; (c) the Australian Federal Police; (d) a body, whether incorporated or not, established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; (e) the holder of an office established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; (f) a company in which the Commonwealth owns shares that carry more than half the voting power; but does not include Qantas Airways Limited. > Board means the Board of AA. > CASA means the Civil Aviation Safety Authority established by the Civil Aviation Act 1988. > Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board. > Chicago Convention means: (a) the Convention on International Civil Aviation done at Chicago on 7 December 1944, whose English text is set out in Schedule 1 to the Air Navigation Act 1920; and (b) the Protocols amending that Convention, being the Protocols referred to in subsection 3A(2) of that Act, whose English texts are set out in Schedules to that Act; and (c) the Annexes to that Convention relating to international standards and recommended practices, being Annexes adopted in accordance with that Convention. > Commonwealth jurisdiction aircraft means any aircraft that: (a) is being operated: (i) in the course of trade and commerce with other countries or among the States; or (ii) in the course of, or for the purposes of, the provision of services by a trading corporation (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution); or (iii) by a foreign corporation (within the meaning of that paragraph of the Constitution); or (iv) in a Territory, between Territories or between a Territory and a State; or (v) in journeys to or from places that have been acquired by the Commonwealth for public purposes; or (b) is in the possession or under the control of the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth; or (c) is being used wholly or principally for a purpose of the Commonwealth. > dealing, in relation to securities, includes the following: (a) creating, executing, entering into, drawing, making, accepting, endorsing, issuing, discounting, selling, purchasing or re‑selling securities; (b) creating, selling, purchasing or re‑selling rights or options in respect of securities; (c) entering into agreements or other arrangements relating to securities. > Deputy Chairperson means the Deputy Chairperson of the Board. > employee means a person employed under section 42. > Finance Minister means the Minister administering the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. > ICAO means the International Civil Aviation Organization referred to in the Chicago Convention. > late payment penalty means a penalty payable under section 56. > member means a member of the Board (including the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson and the Chief Executive Officer). > money raising means raising money by borrowing or by any other means, whether in Australian currency, foreign currency or a mixture of both. > outstanding amount, in relation to an aircraft, means either of the following amounts that has become payable, but has not been paid or been remitted under section 58: (a) a service charge payable in respect of the aircraft; (b) late payment penalty on any service charge in respect of the aircraft. > payable means due and payable. > provide includes maintain, operate and use. > Register means the Register maintained under section 64. > Registrar means the person who maintains the Register. > securities includes stocks, debentures, debenture stocks, notes, bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange and similar instruments or documents. > service charge means a charge under section 53 for services or facilities provided by AA. > share means share in the share capital of a corporation, and includes stock. > statutory lien means a lien vested in AA under section 59. > subsidiary has the meaning given by subsection (3). (2) A reference in this Act to services and facilities provided by AA is a reference to services and facilities provided as described in subsection 11(3). (3) The question whether a company is a subsidiary of AA is to be determined in the same way as the question whether a corporation is a subsidiary of another corporation is determined for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001.