Singapore legislation
Clause 60
Clause 60
Interpretation of this Part
(1)
In this Part —
Definition
“air marshal” means any police officer who is appointed by the Commissioner under section 61(1) to serve as an air marshal;
Definition
“commander”, in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of that aircraft;
Definition
“operator”, in relation to any aircraft at any time, means the person who at that time has the management of the aircraft;
Definition
“passenger flight” means any flight performed by an aircraft for the international carriage of persons for reward;
Definition
“pilot in command”, in relation to an aircraft, means a person who for the time being is in charge of the piloting of the aircraft without being under the direction of any other pilot in the aircraft;
Definition
“Singapore aircraft” means any aircraft that is registered in Singapore.
(2)
For the purposes of this Part, the period during which an aircraft is in flight shall be deemed to include —
any period from the moment when power is applied for the purpose of the aircraft taking off on a flight until the moment when the landing run, if any, at the termination of that flight ends;
any further period from the moment when all external doors, if any, of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the moment when any such door is opened for disembarkation after that flight; and
if the aircraft makes a forced landing, any period thereafter until the time when competent authorities of the country in which the forced landing takes place take over the responsibility for the aircraft and for the persons and property on board the aircraft,and any reference in this Part to an aircraft in flight shall include a reference to an aircraft during any period when it is on the surface of the sea or land but not within the territorial limits of any country.
(3)
For the purpose of subsection (2), the reference to a country or the territorial limits thereof shall be construed as including a reference to the territorial waters, if any, of that country.