In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "accident" includes any fortuitous or unexpected event by which the safety of an aircraft or any person is threatened;
(b)
"aerial work"
means any purpose, other than public transport, for which an aircraft is flown if hire or reward is given or promised in respect of the flight or the purpose of the flight;
(c)
"aerodrome"
means any definite and limited ground or water area (including any building, installation and equipment) used or intended to be used, either wholly or in part, for the arrival or departure or surface movement of aircraft;
(d)
"aircraft"
includes all flying machines, aeroplanes, seaplanes, flying boats, helicopters, gliders and other aircraft designed to be heavier than air, also all airships and balloons and other aircraft designed to be lighter than air;
(e)
"air navigation service"
includes-
(i)
communication services, whether ground to air or ground to ground, provided for the safety of aircraft;
(ii)
navigational services, that is to say, radio, radar and visual aids to navigation;
(iii)
air traffic services provided for the safety of aircraft and for the regularity of flight; and
(iv)
meteorological services;
(f)
"air route"
means navigable airspace between two points and the terrain beneath that airspace identified, to the extent necessary, for the application of flight rules;
(g)
"air transport service"
means a service for the carriage by air of passengers or cargo;
(h)
"airway"
means a designated path or air route identified by an area of specified width on the surface of the earth;
(i)
"appeals tribunal"
means a body established by section
43
to which a person aggrieved by a decision of any air transport licensing authority may appeal;
(j)
"authority"
means the Civil Aviation Authority established by section
3
;
(k)
"aviation security"
means a combination of measures and human and material resources intended to safeguard civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference;
(l)
"board"
means the board of directors appointed under section
8
;
(m)
"cargo"
includes goods;
(n)
"chairperson"
means the chairperson of the board of directors of the authority;
(o)
"Chicago Convention"
means the Convention on International Civil Aviation concluded at Chicago on 7th December, 1944, including-
(i)
the protocols amending that convention;
(ii)
the annexes to that convention relating to international standards and recommended practices, being annexes adopted in accordance with that convention;
(p)
"crew"
means all persons working on the aircraft, including the pilot or operator;
(i)
in the case of a heavier-than-air aircraft, the operation of the aircraft from the moment at which the aircraft first moves under its own power for the purpose of taking off until the moment at which it comes to rest after being airborne; and
(ii)
in the case of a lighter-than-air aircraft, the operation of the aircraft from the moment when it becomes detached from the surface of the earth until the moment when it becomes again attached to the surface of the earth or a fixed object on the surface of the earth;
(r)
"goods"
includes mail and animals;
(s)
"Minister"
means the Minister for the time being responsible for civil aviation;
(t)
"operator", in relation to an aircraft, means the person having the management of the aircraft for the time being or, in relation to time, at the time;
(u)
"owner"
includes, in relation to an aircraft or aerodrome, the person in whose name the aircraft or aerodrome is registered or licensed, any person who is or has been acting as agent in Uganda for a foreign owner or any person by whom the aircraft or aerodrome is hired at the time;
(v)
"passenger"
means any person being conveyed by the aircraft who is not a member of the crew;
(w)
"private aerodrome"
means an aerodrome other than an authority, military or police aerodrome;
(x)
"public transport"
means the carriage of passengers or cargo for hire or reward given or promised to be given;
(y)
"publication"
means information given in any of the following publications issued whether before or after the coming into operation of this Act, that is, Notices to Airmen (NOTAM), information circulars, aeronautical information publications, notices to licensed aircraft maintenance engineers and to owners of civil aircraft, civil aviation publications (CAP) or such other official publications so issued for the purpose of enabling any of the provisions of this Act to be complied with;
(z)
"state aircraft"
includes-
(i)
aircraft of any part of the defence force, including any aircraft that is commanded by a member of that force in the course of duties; and
(ii)
aircraft used in the military, customs or police services of a foreign country.