Foreword

(a) The Civil Aviation Requirements for definitions and abbreviations of terms have been issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Oman (hereinafter called the AUTHORITY) under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Law of the Sultanate of Oman.

(b) This CAR–1 contains definitions and abbreviations of terms used in other CAR Codes.

(c) CAR–1 is based on those definitions contained in ICAO Annexes and documents.

(d) This CAR-1 shall be effective after the approval of the President of Civil Aviation Authority of Oman.

(e) The editing practices used in this document are as follows:

1. ‘Shall’ is used to indicate a mandatory requirement and may appear in CARs.

2. ‘Should’ is used to indicate a recommendation

3. ‘May’ is used to indicate discretion by the Authority, or the industry as appropriate.

4. ‘Will’ indicates a mandatory requirement and is used to advise of action incumbent on the Authority.

(f) This CAR-1 will be effective from the date of the signature of this regulation.

Note — The use of the male gender implies the female gender and vice versa.