Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01070:reg:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01070
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 2915–5801

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:
 Aerodrome. A defined area on land or