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Airport Demand Management Act 1997.

Air Navigation Act means the Air Navigation Act 1920.

airport operator means the airport-lessee company for the airport for the purposes of the Airports Act 1996.

allocated — see section 4.

equivalent scheduling season to a northern summer means another northern summer, and to a northern winter means another northern winter.

historical precedence — see section 10.

historics baseline date means:

            (a) for a northern summer — 31 January before the northern summer commences; and

            (b) for a northern winter — 31 August before the northern winter commences.
Note The 'size of aircraft' and 'use it or lose it' tests are applied to slot series that are held on the historics baseline date.

IATA means the International Air Transport Association.

kind, in relation to a gate movement, means a gate movement immediately before a take-off or a gate movement immediately after a landing.

new entrant — see section 3.

northern summer means the period that begins at the beginning of the last Sunday in March and ends immediately before the beginning of the following northern winter (in each case in accordance with Universal Coordinated Time).

northern winter means the period that begins at the beginning of the last Sunday in October and ends immediately before the beginning of the following northern summer (in each case in accordance with Universal Coordinated Time).

peak period means:

            (a) from 6 am to 11 am on a day other than a Saturday or Sunday; and

            (b) from 3 pm to 8 pm on a day other than a Saturday or Sunday.

permanent regional service series — see section 6.

regional service means a flight that takes off and lands within New South Wales.
Note: A particular service might consist of several legs, some of which will be regional services (that is, ones that take off and land within New South Wales) and some of which will not be.

scheduling season means a northern summer or a northern winter.

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.

'size of aircraft' test — see section 8.

slot group means 2 or more slots that together authorise gate movements for flights operated over a nominated period for a specific event.

slot pool: a slot that has not, at any given time, been allocated is taken to be part of the slot pool.

slot return deadline means:

            (a) for a northern summer — 15 January before the northern summer commences; and

            (b) for a 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