means a person designated by a state, on the basis of his or her qualifications, for the purpose of participating in an investigation conducted by another state;

means a person appointed by a state, on the basis of his or her qualifications, for the purpose of assisting its accredited representative in an investigation;

means any facility or part thereof that is used for aeronautical services;

means any service that relates to air navigation;

means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from reactions in the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface;

means one of the Annexes to the Conventions;

means the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji established under the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji Act 1979;

means actions, omissions, events, conditions or a combination thereof, which led to the accident or incident;

means the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago in 1944;

means any injury that results in death within 30 days of the accident;

means any type of recorder installed in the aircraft for the purpose of complementing accident/incident investigation;

means the International Civil Aviation Organization;

means an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft that affects or could affect the safety of operation;

means a process conducted for the purpose of accident prevention that includes gathering and analysis of information, the drawing of conclusions, including the determination of causes and, when appropriates, the making of safety recommendations;

means a person charged, on the basis of his or her qualifications, with the responsibility for the organisation, conduct and control of an investigation;

means the maximum certificated take off mass;

means an accident or incident;

means the exercise, by a person of authority over the initiation, continuation, diversion, termination or cancellation of a flight or series of flights in the interest of safety of the aircraft and the regularity and efficiency of such flight;

means the person who exercises operational control over an aircraft;

means the communication used for the prompt dissemination of data obtained during the early stages of the investigation;

means a proposal of the accident investigation authority of the state conducting the investigation based on information derived from an investigation and made with the intention of preventing accidents or incidents;

means an incident involving circumstances indicating that an accident nearly occurred;

means an injury that is sustained by a person in an accident and that—

• (a)requires hospitalisation for more than 48 hours, commencing within 7 days from the date the injury was received; or
• (b)results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose); or
• (c)involves lacerations which cause sever hemorrhage, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage; or
• (d)involves injury to an internal organ; or
• (e)involves second or third degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5% of the body surface; or
• (f)involves verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation;

means the state having jurisdiction over the organisation responsible for the type design;

means the state having jurisdiction over the organisation responsible for the final assembly of the aircraft;

means the state in the territory of which an accident or incident occurs;

means the state on whose register aircraft is entered; and

means the state in which the operator’s principal place of business is located or, if there is no such place of business, the operator’s permanent residence.