10. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say—
“aerodrome licence” means a licence granted in respect of an aerodrome by virtue of section eight of the Civil Aviation Act, 1949;
“air operator's certificate” has the meaning assigned by paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section one of this Act;
“air service licence” means a licence under section two of this Act;
“air transport service” means the carriage of passengers or of mails or other cargo by air for reward;
“the Board” means the Air Transport Licensing Board established in pursuance of subsection (1) of section one of this Act;
“British protected person”, “colony”, “protectorate” and “United Kingdom trust territory” have the same meanings respectively as in the British Nationality Acts, 1948 and 1958;
“flight” means a journey by air beginning when the aircraft takes off and ending when the aircraft next alights thereafter;
“the Minister” means the Minister of Aviation;
“operator”, in relation to an aircraft, means the person for the time being having the business management of that aircraft, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by regulations under this Act;
“reward”, in relation to any flight by an aircraft, includes any form of consideration received or to be received wholly or partly in respect of or in connection with that flight, irrespective of the person by or to whom the consideration has been or is to be given;
“tariff”, in relation to any air transport service, means the fares or freight rates (including any charges for the carriage of mails) to be charged and any conditions upon which those fares or freight rates depend.