Cap. 392 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 232. Cap. 234.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -"Aircraft" has the same meaning which is given to it in the Civil Aviation Act;

"Convention" means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, signed on behalf of Malta on the 13 January, 1993, in Paris, being a convention, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule to this Act;

"Director" means the director of the National Authority for the purposes of this Act;

"Director General" means the Director General of the Technical Secretariat;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs and Environment;

"National Authority" means the body established by the Minister to act as the Maltese National Authority in accordance with Article VII of the Convention; "National Authority Inspector" means a person declared pursuant to article 5; "OPCW Inspector" means a person designated pursuant to the Convention as an inspector or inspection assistant; "Organisation" and "OPCW" means the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established pursuant to the provisions of the Convention, and its constituent bodies; "Ship" has the same meaning which is given to it in the Merchant

Shipping Act; Convention has in this Act the same meaning as in the Convention.