S.L. 217.25 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap 217. S.L. 595.07. 2 [S.L. S.L. 595.07. 3

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Immigration Act;

"Agreement" means the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community;

"beneficiary" means the United Kingdom national or his family members who qualify for the right of residence under the Agreement;

"Board" means the Immigration Appeals Board constituted by article 25A of the Act;

"Chief Executive Officer" means the person appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Identity Management and Ancillary Services in accordance to regulation 9 of the Identity Malta

Agency (Establishment) Order;

"family members" means those persons defined in Article 10 of Part Two of the Agreement; AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IN MALTA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTHERN IRELAND FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION 217.25 AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY

"Identity Malta Agency" means the entity established by the Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) Order in accordance to regulation 3;

"residence document" means the document referred to in Article 18 of Part Two of the Agreement;

"transition period" means the period stipulated in Article 126 of Part Four of the Agreement;

"Union law" means:

(i) the Treaty on European Union "TEU", the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union "TFEU" and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community "Euratom Treaty", as amended or supplemented, as well as the Treaties of Accession and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, together referred to as "the Treaties";

(ii) the general principles of the Union's law;

(iii) the acts adopted by the institutions, bodies, offices or agencies of the Union;

(iv) the international agreements to which the Union is party and the international agreements concluded by the Member States acting on behalf of the Union;

(v) the agreements between Member States entered into in their capacity as Member States of the Union;

(vi) acts of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the European Council or the Council of the European Union "Council";

(vii) the declarations made in the context of intergovernmental conferences which adopted the Treaties;

"United Kingdom national" means a national of the United Kingdom, as defined in the New Declaration by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of 31 December 1982 on the definition of the ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTHERN IRELAND FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION

term "nationals" together with Declaration No. 63 annexed to the Final Act of the intergovernmental conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon;

"withdrawal date" means 31 January 2020.