S.L. 545.3 чл. 2Definitions.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them:

"Chief Executive" means the Chief Executive of the Corporation;

"communication" or "service" means the pipes and other fittings from which the main pipe lead to and up to the meter and shall include any apparatus intended for the registration of consumption of water enabling the transfer of data through a network, primarily for monitoring and billing purposes;

"constant supply" means a supply of water which is made to a tenement by means of a pipe connected with the water works so as to allow of water being at any time drawn from the taps or other outlets connected with such pipe;

"consumer" means the person or body to whom or on whose account water is supplied by the Corporation; "Corporation" means the Water Services Corporation established under article 3 of the Water Services Corporation Act; "highly polished reclaimed water" means treated wastewater which is treated to tertiary standards using any combination of ultra-filtration, reverse osmosis, activated charcoal and advanced oxidation processes so as to comply with the relevant quality standards and requirements established by the Superintendent of Public Health and any other competent authority established at law as may be applicable;

"highly polished reclaimed water distribution system" means all underground and above ground systems of mains, pipes, reticulation, distribution and trunk mains, pipelines, pumps, boosters, meters, valves, reservoirs, water tanks and ancillary fittings, which are used for the transfer and distribution of highly polished reclaimed water; "holding unit" means the unit of contiguous agricultural land held by the consumer supplied with highly polished reclaimed water and which is used solely for agricultural purposes; "non-potable water" means water excluding water intended for human consumption as defined under the Water Intended for Human Consumption Regulations and not including highly polished reclaimed water;

"office" means the Head Office of the Corporation; "person residing in the tenement" has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 14; "preferential tariff" means that tariff for a supply to a residential tenement which is less than the other; "primary residence" means the dwelling house in which an individual habitually resides as his sole or principal place of abode, whether in Malta or elsewhere, as may be established by documentary evidence: Provided that such a dwelling house shall not be considered as primary residence if the property is also predominantly used for commercial or manufacturing purposes or for any form of trade or profession;

"residential or domestic tenement" shall have the same meaning in accordance with regulation 12;

"sea craft" includes floating tanks for the supply of water to any sea vessel;

"secondary residence" means any immovable property used solely for residential purposes, other than that residence which serves as an individual’s primary residence; "sewage" means domestic sewage and, or wastewater or the mixture of domestic sewage and, or wastewater with industrial sewage and, or wastewater and, or run-off rain water; "supply to a residential or domestic tenement" means a supply of water made to a tenement to meet the domestic requirements of the person or persons residing in the tenement;

"taking over" means the commencement of occupation by an owner, a tenant or other occupier of a tenement, or by the proprietor of an industrial or commercial establishment, served with a constant supply; "tenement" includes any part of a tenement provided with a constant supply, normally metered separately, and it may be either a residential or domestic tenement or a non-residential tenement.

(2) The meanings set out in article 2 of the Water Services Corporation Act shall be applicable in these regulations, unless the context requires otherwise.