Regulation 2

an external load operation, which consists of carrying or towing a load outside the aircraft in flight, such as but not limited to glider towing, banner towing, and winching or target towing an individual during a search and rescue operation;

a dispensing operation, which consists of dropping or releasing any substance or object from an aircraft in flight, such as but not limited to dropping or spraying onto the ground or water any fertiliser, water or pesticides for agricultural, horticultural or primary production purposes, cloud seeding, dropping or spraying onto the ground or water any fire retardant for firefighting or search and rescue purposes, and carrying any individual undertaking a parachute descent from the aircraft in flight;

a task specialist operation, which consists of carrying out any other specialised activity using an aircraft in flight, such as for construction, photography, skywriting or other aerial advertising, scientific research, search and rescue, or forest and wildlife conservation,and includes training for any such operation or specialised activity;“air marshal” means —

a police officer who is appointed by the Commissioner of Police under section 61(1) of the Police Force Act 2004 to serve as an air marshal on board an aircraft; or

an air marshal (by whatever name called) under the law of any Protocol country with whom Singapore has an agreement relating to the deployment of air marshals on board an aircraft for ensuring the security of the aircraft and people on board the aircraft;“air service” means a service for —

the carriage of one or more passengers, mail or cargo for reward in an aircraft on a flight; or

the carriage of one or more passengers, mail or cargo gratuitously in an aircraft on a flight by a person whose business includes the carriage by air of passengers or cargo for reward,but excludes a service consisting of providing a course of training or instruction in flying an aircraft;“aircraft” means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth, but not —

an unmanned aircraft; or

a naval, military or air force aircraft, or a State‑owned aircraft, of any country, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Ministry of Defence in Singapore requests to be treated not as an aircraft for the purposes of this Order;“aircraft operator”, in relation to an aircraft, means the person who, at the relevant time, is engaged in, or offering to engage in, conducting an air service or aerial work operation by the use of the aircraft;“airport” means any defined area in Singapore declared under section 3 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009 to be an airport;“airside” means the movement area of an airport, adjacent terrain and buildings or any parts thereof, access to which is controlled;“baggage” means the personal property of any passenger or crew that is carried on an aircraft by agreement with the aircraft operator;“cargo” means any property carried on an aircraft other than the following:

mail;

stores and any goods intended for use and sale, respectively, on an aircraft, including spare parts and other articles of equipment;

baggage, whether or not accompanied or mishandled;“crew”, in relation to an aircraft, includes every individual having duties or functions on board the aircraft during its flight in connection with the flying or safety of the aircraft;“gun part” means a major part of a gun;“passenger” means an individual boarding or intending to board an aircraft for the purpose of travelling on board as a passenger, but excludes a participant of an aerial sports activity or flying exhibition involving that aircraft;“Protocol country” has the meaning given by the Tokyo Convention Act 1971.