S.L. 117.34 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 117.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "the Act" means the Supplies and Services Act;

"analyst" means any duly qualified person or persons or any duly qualified institution on whom the Minister may, if deemed necessary, from time to time, allocate the responsibilities of analyses or examination of olive oils and olive related products and "analysis" shall be construed accordingly; "Directorate" means the Directorate of Agriculture;

"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any officer authorised by him, in writing, to act in that behalf for any of the purposes of these regulations; "holding" means all the production units managed by a farmer situated in Malta; "Malta" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by article 124 of the Constitution of Malta; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for Agriculture and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any officer authorised by him, in writing, to act in that behalf for any of the purposes of these regulations; "person" includes any partnership, association of persons, or legal entity; "olive grower" means any person who cultivates olive trees for the purpose of producing olives for the commercial production of olive oil or table olives; "olive oil" means oil obtained solely from the fruit of olive trees under any of the categories referred to in Schedule I; "olive oil production" means the production of olive oil for commercial purposes and shall include processes such as olive oil extraction, mixing, blending, bottling, or labelling, and "olive oil producer" shall be construed accordingly and shall include olive processors; "olive related product" means any edible product derived from the fruit of olive trees produced for human consumption;

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 151 of 2023. "olive marketing year" means the period running from 1 July of each year to 30 June of the following year; "Olive Oil Record-book" means the official book provided by the Directorate in terms of regulation 10; "Register of Olive Growers" means the register provided for in terms of regulation 7; "table olives" means the product prepared from the fruit of olive trees which are suitably treated or processed for final human consumption.