In these regulations -

"Act of 1988" means the Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25 of 1988);

"air carrier" means an undertaking established in the State that provides air services;

"air service" has the meaning it has in Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 [OJ L 293/3 of 31.10.2008];

"established in the State" shall be construed in accordance with section 1(3B)(b) of the Act of 1988;

"Home Department" means the Home Department of the United Kingdom, which is also known as the Home Office;

"Home Secretary" means the Secretary of State for the Home Department;

"passenger" means a person carried by an air carrier on an aircraft or, as the case may be, a sea carrier in a passenger ship, other than a member of the crew of the aircraft or passenger ship concerned;