S.L. 378.21 чл. 2Interpretation. Cap. 378.   Cap. 510.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Consumer Affairs Act;

"Director General" means the Director General (Consumer Affairs) as defined in the Act;

"Office for Consumer Affairs" means the Office for

Consumer Affairs as established under article 16(1) of the

Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority Act;

"person with disabilities" shall have the meaning assigned to it in Regulation (EU) 2021/782;

"person with reduced mobility" shall have the meaning assigned to it in Regulation (EU) 2021/782; and

"Regulation (EU) 2021/782" means Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (recast).

(2) Exclusively for the purposes of these regulations, "passengers", "person with disabilities" and "person with reduced mobility" shall be classified as "consumers" according to paragraph

(iii) of the definition "consumer" in article 2 of the Act.

(3) Words and expressions which are not defined in these regulations shall have the same meaning assigned to them in Regulation (EU) 2021/782:

Provided that unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in these regulations, which are not defined in Regulation (EU) 2021/782 and which are not herein defined, shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act. (IMPLEMENTING)