3Definitions

#### 3 Definitions In these Regulations: > Act means the Airspace Act 2007. > aerodrome has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988. > aerodrome operator means a person, organisation or enterprise engaged in, or offering to engage in, the operation of an aerodrome. > AIP (short for Aeronautical Information Publication) has the same meaning as in the Air Services Regulations 2019. > aircraft has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988. > aircraft operator, in relation to an aircraft, means a person, organisation or enterprise engaged in, or offering to engage in, the operation of the aircraft. > air traffic services has the same meaning as in the Air Services Regulations 2019. > Australian territory has the same meaning as in subsection 3(1) of the Air Services Act 1995. > class, in relation to airspace, means a classification applied to airspace under paragraph 5(1)(d). > control area means airspace to which a determination under paragraph 5(1)(c) applies. > controlled aerodrome means an aerodrome to which a determination under paragraph 5(1)(e) applies. > control zone means airspace to which a determination under paragraph 5(1)(b) applies. > danger area means an area declared to be a danger area under regulation 6. > designated air route means an air route designated under regulation 11. > designated airway means an airway designated under regulation 11. > facilities, in relation to a designated air route or designated airway, means services and aids used to facilitate the safe navigation of aircraft within the airspace of the air route or airway, including: (a) visual and non‑visual aids along the air route or airway; and (b) visual and non‑visual aids to approaching and landing at an aerodrome; and (c) communications services; and (d) meteorological services; and (e) air traffic services. > flight has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988. > flight information area means airspace to which a determination under subparagraph 5(1)(a)(i) applies. > flight information region means airspace to which a determination under subparagraph 5(1)(a)(ii) applies. > flying training area means an area designated under regulation 8 to be a flying training area. > ICAO means the International Civil Aviation Organization referred to in the Chicago Convention. > military operating area means a type of danger area mentioned in paragraph 6(5C)(a). > NOTAM (short for Notice to Airmen) has the same meaning as in the Air Services Regulations 2019. > prohibited area means an area declared to be a prohibited area under regulation 6. > restricted area means an area declared to be a restricted area under regulation 6. > volume, in relation to airspace, means a volume of airspace defined by reference to specified horizontal and vertical points. > Note: Annex 11 of the Chicago Convention defines the following terms: > Note: Aerodrome. A defined area on land or water (including any buildings, installations and equipment) intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft. > Note: Air traffic service. A generic term meaning variously, flight information service, alerting service, air traffic advisory service, air traffic control service (area control service, approach control service or aerodrome control service). > Note: Alerting service. A service provided to notify appropriate organizations regarding aircraft in need of search and rescue aid, and assist such organizations as required. > Note: Controlled aerodrome. An aerodrome at which air traffic control service is provided to aerodrome traffic. > Note: (Note.—The term “controlled aerodrome” indicates that air traffic control service is provided to aerodrome traffic but does not necessarily imply that a control zone exists.) > Note: Flight information region. An airspace of defined dimensions within which flight information service and alerting service are provided. > Note: Flight information service. A service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights.