Section 2

“aerodrome” means any area of land or water, including any airport, airstrip (including water airstrip), heliport, building, installation and equipment, for the use wholly or partly for the arrival, departure or movement of aircraft;

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“airport” means the aggregate of the lands comprised within an aerodrome including buildings, aircraft hangars, storage, facilities, roads and car parks used or intended to be used in whole or in part for the purposes of or in connection with the operation of such aerodrome;

“cargo” means moveable property carried in aircraft;

“Chicago Convention” means the Convention on International Civil

Aviation concluded at Chicago on 7 December 1944;

“crew” includes every person employed or engaged in an aircraft in flight on the business of the aircraft;

“controlled area” means any area declared to be a controlled area under section 8;

“damage or loss” include, in relation to a person, loss of life and personal injury;

“Director General” means the Director General of Civil Aviation Malaysia;

“erection” in relation to a structure includes an addition or alteration to any existing structure;

“goods” and “articles” include mails and animals;

“Government aerodrome” means any aerodrome under the control of the

Minister and includes any aerodrome of the Armed Forces or any visiting force;

“hire or reward” means any payment, consideration, gratuity or benefit, directly or indirectly charged, demanded, received or collected by any person for the use of an aircraft;

“land” includes land covered with water and any right in or over land;

“licensed company” means the company to which a licence is issued by the

Minister under subsection 24A(1);

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“Malaysian aircraft” means an aircraft registered in any part of Malaysia;

“military aircraft” means aircraft in the military service of the Armed

Forces and include any aircraft that is commanded by a member of the

Armed Forces in the course of his duties as such a member;

“structure” includes any house, warehouse, office, shop, school and any other building, whether permanent or temporary, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gatepost, pillar, poling, frame, boarding, bridge, cable, wire or any other artificial obstruction raised above ground level.