Commentary on Sections Glossary Structure of Part 2 Section 174: Meaning of “equipment lease” and “lease”
643.This section is based on section 53(4) and parts of sections 51(2) and (3) and 53(1) of CAA 1990. It provides definitions for “equipment lease”, “equipment lessor”, “equipment lessee” and “lease”.
644.Subsection (1)(a) defines an “equipment lease” as an agreement entered into in the circumstances given in subsection (2). Subsection (1)(b) includes the actual lease entered into “under or as a result of such an agreement”. Section 53(4) refers to a lease “entered into pursuant to such an agreement”. Although the words used in this Act are simpler, the meaning is the same.