Cap. 654 Art. 2Interpretation.       Cap. 492.  Cap. 217.   Cap. 556.       Cap. 492.    Cap. 556.  Cap. 556.  Cap. 327.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Association" means the Association of Maltese Sign

Language Interpreters (Assoċjazzjoni Interpreti Lingwa tas-

Sinjali Malta - AILSM), registered with the Commissioner for

Voluntary Organisations with registration number VO/1826, in terms of the Voluntary Organisations Act;

"Board" means the Interpreter Registration and Warranting Board as established in article 4;

"citizen of a Member State" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Immigration Act;

"Council" means the Maltese Sign Language Council established by means of article 7 of the Maltese Sign Language

Recognition Act;

"Deaf People Association (Malta)" means the Deaf

People Association (Malta) (Għaqda Persuni Neqsin mis-

Smigħ), registered with the Commissioner for Voluntary

Organisations with registration number VO/0021, in accordance with the Voluntary Organisations Act;

"EEA State" means a State which is a contracting party to the agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May, 1992 as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on the 17th March, 1993 and as amended from time to time;

"interpreter" means a sign language interpreter, whether a Maltese Sign Language interpreter in accordance with the

Maltese Sign Language Recognition Act or otherwise;

"Maltese Sign Language" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Maltese Sign Language Recognition Act;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for disability LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

and the development of this sector;

"third country" means a country that is not an EEA State or Switzerland;

"University of Malta" means the University of Malta established by article 72 of the Education Act;

"warrant" means a warrant of a Maltese Sign Language interpreter awarded in accordance with the provisions of article 9.