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Part V

or adjacent to any such building, works, apparatus or equipment and used wholly or mainly for purposes connected therewith;

“aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom” means any aircraft which is either—

(a) an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, or

(b) an aircraft not so registered which is for the time being allocated for use on flights which (otherwise than in exceptional circumstances) include landing at or taking off from one or more aerodromes in the United Kingdom;

“article” includes any substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour;

“constable” includes any person having the powers and privileges of a constable;

“explosive” means any article manufactured for the purpose of producing a practical effect by explosion, or intended for that purpose by a person having the article with him;

“firearm” includes an airgun or air pistol;

“manager”, in relation to an aerodrome, means the person (whether the British Airports Authority, the Civil Aviation Authority, a local authority or any other person) by whom the aerodrome is managed;

“military service” includes naval and air force service;

“measures” (without prejudice to the generality of that expression) includes the construction, execution, alteration, demolition or removal of buildings or other works and also includes the institution or modification, and the supervision and enforcement, of any practice or procedure;

“operator” has the same meaning as in the 1982 c. 16.Civil Aviation Act 1982;

“property” includes any land, buildings or works, any aircraft or vehicle and any baggage, cargo or other article of any description;

“the statutory maximum” means—

(a) in England and Wales, the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 32 of the 1980 c. 43.Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (that is to say, £1,000 or another sum fixed by order under section 143 of that Act to take account of changes in the value of money);