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northern winter — 15 August before the northern winter commences.
Note Operators are encouraged to return slots before the relevant slot return deadline each scheduling season. Operators that return slots after the slot return deadline may receive a lower priority in the initial coordination of the next equivalent scheduling season.

slot series means 5 or more slots that authorise the same kind of gate movement at the same time or, if that is not possible, approximately the same time, on the same day of consecutive weeks within one scheduling season.
Example A takeoff slot at 5 pm every Monday during a specified period.

'use it or lose it' test — see section 7.

         (2) An expression used in this Scheme and in the Air Navigation Act has the same meaning in the Scheme as in that Act.

         (3) An expression used in this Scheme and in section 11A of the Air Navigation Act has the same meaning in the Scheme as in that section.

Note 1    Terms defined in section 11A of the Air Navigation Act, or used in that Act generally, include foreign airline and international air service.
Note 2   The following terms used in this Scheme are defined in the Act:
                 aircraft
                 curfew period
                 gate movement
                 operator
                 slot
                 Slot Manager.

     3 Meaning of new entrant

         (1) In this Scheme, an operator is a new entrant in relation to a slot on a day if:

            (a) the operator applied to be a new entrant in relation to the slot under section 13; and

            (b) the operator applied to be a new entrant in relation to no more than the qualifying number of slots for that day.

         (2) For an operator, the qualifying number of slots for a day is 4 minus the number of slots on that day that, after the initial allocation of historic slots under section 15, have been allocated to the operator and any related operators together.

         (3) An operator that applied to be a new entrant in relation to several slots on a day and has informed the Slot Manager of a priority order is taken to have applied for no more than qualifying number of slots, taken in that order.

         (4) In this Scheme:

related operator: an operator (the first operator) is taken to be a related operator in relation to another operator (the second operator) if the Slot Manager believes, on reasonable grounds, that:

            (a) the first operator holds 25% or more of the relevant interests in the second operator's shares; or

            (b) the first operator effectively controls the second operator.

relevant interest has the same meaning as it has in subsection 11A (3) of the Air