Cap. 551 · Environment And Planning Review (Cap. 551)
Cap. 551 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 552. Cap. 549. Cap. 492. S.L. 552.13. Cap. 552. Cap. 445.
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them: "Chairperson" means any Chairperson of the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal appointed in terms of this Act; "development permission" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Development Planning Act; "Environment and Resources Authority" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Environment Protection Act; "Environmental NGOs" means non-governmental organizations promoting environmental protection and which are registered under the Voluntary Organisations Act; "external consultee" has the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Development Planning (Procedure for
* see article 1(2) of the Act, as originally promulgated, and Legal Notice 111 of 2016. Applications and their Determination) Regulations or any other regulations which may from time to time succeed the said regulations; "Government" means the Government of Malta;
"person" includes an association or body of persons, whether registered as a legal person or not;
"Planning Authority" has the same meaning assigned to the term "Authority" in article 2 of the Development Planning Act;
"recommendation" means the reply lodged by an external consultee which may either indicate a no objection to an application, or an approval of the application subject to conditions indicated by the external consultee or that the application is objectionable for reasons indicated by the external consultee;
"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal;
"Tribunal" means the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal.
(2) The provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to the provisions of the Cultural Heritage Act and in particular they shall not affect the powers of the Superintendent of Cultural Heritage under that Act and the exercise of the Special Powers of the State under Part VII of the said Act.