Hong Kong Regulations

AIR TRANSPORT (LICENSING OF AIR SERVICES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1

Interpretation

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART I

INTERPRETATION

In these regulations and the Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires-

"air service" (航空服務) means any service performed by any aircraft for
hire or reward: Provided that a member of a club carried in an aircraft
belonging to the club for the purposes of instruction shall not, if the
instructor is also a member of the club, be deemed to be carried for hire or
reward, notwithstanding that payment is made for such instruction or carriage;

"air services arrangements" (航空服務安排) means-

   (a)  any inter-governmental air services agreement or arrangements; and

   (b)  any agreement between operators concerning air services, and includes
        any such agreement or arrangements between the Government of the Hong
        Kong Special Administrative Region and the Central People's
        Government; (L.N. 22 of 1985; 36 of 1999 s. 3)

"authorized person" (獲授權人士) means any person authorized by the
Director-General of Civil Aviation, either generally or in relation to a
particular case or class of cases; (L.N. 140 of 1969; L.N. 326 of 2000)

"Convention on International Civil Aviation" (《國際民用航空公約》)
and

"International Air Services Transit Agreement"
(《國際民用航空運輸過境協議》) mean respectively, the Convention
and the Agreement so styled which, on 7 December 1944, were opened for
signature at the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago; (36
of 1999 s. 3)

"Director-General of Civil Aviation" (民航處處長) means the person for
the time being lawfully discharging in Hong Kong the functions of the office
of Director-General of Civil Aviation; (36 of 1999 s. 3; L.N. 326 of 2000)

"licence" (牌照) means a licence granted under regulation 5;

"Licensing Authority" (牌照局) means the Air Transport Licensing Authority
constituted by regulation 4;

"operating permit" (經營許可證) means a licence granted under regulation
20A; (L.N. 22 of 1985)

"permit" (許可證) means a permit granted under regulation 23;

"provisional licence" (臨時牌照) means a licence granted under regulation
13; (G.N.A. 165 of 1953; L.N. 105 of 1995)

"scheduled journey" (編定航程) means one of a series of journeys which are
undertaken between the same two places and which together amount to a
systematic service operated in such a manner that the benefits thereof are
available to members of the public from time to time seeking to take advantage
of them. (L.N. 22 of 1985; 36 of 1999 s. 3)

"air service" (航空服務)

"air services arrangements" (航空服務安排)

"authorized person" (獲授權人士)

"Convention on International Civil Aviation" (《國際民用航空公約》)
and

"International Air Services Transit Agreement"
(《國際民用航空運輸過境協議》)

"Director-General of Civil Aviation" (民航處處長)

"licence" (牌照)

"Licensing Authority" (牌照局)

"operating permit" (經營許可證)

"permit" (許可證)

"provisional licence" (臨時牌照)

"scheduled journey" (編定航程)