Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Aviation Levy) Order 2018
Regulation 2
Definitions
Subregulation 1
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 354/2023 wef 10/06/2023](2) For the purposes of this Order, a flight of an aircraft is not treated as having begun until it starts push back from its stand at an airport.(3) Where any act is required or allowed to be done on a certain day under this Order and that day happens to be a Saturday or public holiday, the act may be considered as done in due time if it is done on the next day afterwards, not being a Saturday or public holiday.
Definition
“3-month compounded SORA”, in relation to a period, means —
if the period or a part of the period falls within the 6-month period beginning on 1 April of a calendar year, then, in relation to the period or the part (as the case may be) — the compounded average of the SORA values for the 3-month period immediately before 1 March of the same calendar year, as determined and published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on its website at http://www.mas.gov.sg or (where the website is unavailable to the public) in one or more other forms that are readily accessible by the public; or
if the period or a part of the period falls within the 6-month period beginning on 1 October of a calendar year, then, in relation to the period or the part (as the case may be) — the compounded average of the SORA values for the 3-month period immediately before 1 September of the same calendar year, as determined and published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on its website at http://www.mas.gov.sg or (where the website is unavailable to the public) in one or more other forms that are readily accessible by the public;
Definition
“accounting period” means —
a period ending on the last day of each month; or
such other period as, in any particular case, the Authority may allow;
Definition
“air passenger ticket” means a ticket or other record (in electronic form or otherwise) on the basis of which an individual is treated as being entitled to travel as a passenger on a particular flight or flights, regardless of the number of seats on the flight for that passenger;
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“air service” means the carriage of one or more individuals by means of an aircraft on a flight, whether or not the flight is a service for hire or reward;
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“aircraft operator”, in relation to a chargeable flight, means the person who conducts, or offers to conduct, an air service by the use of an aircraft for that flight;
Definition
“airport licensee” means the holder of an airport licence for an airport;
Definition
“AL collection agent” means any person designated under paragraph 9, for the purposes of section 86(2)(d) of the Act, to collect any AL on behalf of the Authority;
Definition
“aviation levy” or “AL” means the levy payable under this Order;
Definition
“Changi Airport” means the airport declared under the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Changi Airport) Notification 2009 (G.N. No. S 293/2009);
Definition
“chargeable flight” has the meaning given by paragraph 3(2);
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“chargeable passenger” means a passenger who —
is carried on a chargeable flight; and
is not a non‑chargeable passenger;
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“non‑chargeable passenger” has the meaning given by paragraph 4;
Definition
“non‑commercial flight” means a flight, being neither a scheduled nor non‑scheduled flight, in which —
an aircraft is used by a corporation whose business is not public passenger transport for an air service that —
is in aid of the conduct of the corporation’s business; and
is carried out by one or more pilots employed by the corporation to fly the aircraft; or
an aircraft is used in an air service for a purpose that is not in paragraph (a) and not public passenger transport, such as agriculture, construction, photography, surveying, observation and patrol, search and rescue or aerial advertisement;
Definition
“non‑scheduled flight” means a flight on a non‑scheduled journey in respect of which a permit is required by the Air Navigation (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations (Cap. 6, Rg 2);
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“passenger” means an individual embarking or intending to embark on an aircraft for the purpose of travelling onboard as a passenger;
Definition
“reporting period” means —
a period of 7 days ending on the Sunday of each week; or
such other longer period as, in any particular case, the Authority may allow;
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“scheduled flight” means a flight on a scheduled journey within the meaning given by the Air Navigation (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations;
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“Seletar Airport” means the airport declared under the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Seletar Airport) Notification 2009 (G.N. No. S 294/2009);
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“Singapore Overnight Rate Average” or “SORA” means the volume-weighted average rate of borrowing transactions in the unsecured overnight interbank Singapore dollar cash market in Singapore between 8 a.m. and 6.15 p.m., as determined and published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore on its website at http://www.mas.gov.sg or (where the website is unavailable to the public) in one or more other forms that are readily accessible by the public;
Definition
“transfer passenger” means a passenger entitled under a single air passenger ticket to depart from Singapore —
within 24 hours after the passenger’s scheduled time of arrival by air in Singapore;
on an aircraft with a flight number that is different from the flight number of the aircraft in which the passenger arrives in Singapore (called the arriving aircraft); and
for an immediate destination that is in a country that is not the country in which the passenger embarked on the arriving aircraft,and includes such a passenger who, because of a delay for reasons beyond the passenger’s control or the control of the aircraft operator of the flight concerned, leaves Singapore instead at another time on the departing flight specified in his or her air passenger ticket or on another flight that is provided by the aircraft operator as a replacement of the flight specified on his or her air passenger ticket;
Definition
“transit passenger” means a passenger entitled under a single air passenger ticket to depart from Singapore —
within 24 hours after the passenger’s scheduled time of arrival by air in Singapore;
on an aircraft with the same flight number as the aircraft in which the passenger arrives in Singapore (called the arriving aircraft); and
for an immediate destination that is in a country that is not the country in which the passenger embarked on the arriving aircraft,and includes such a passenger who, because of a delay for reasons beyond the passenger’s control or the control of the aircraft operator of the flight concerned, leaves Singapore instead at another time on the departing flight specified in his or her air passenger ticket or on another flight that is provided by the aircraft operator as a replacement of the flight specified on his or her air passenger ticket.