S.L. 234.58 Art. 2Definitions. Cap. 234 2 [S.L.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act;

"company" means the owner of a passenger ship or any other organisation or person such as the manager or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed responsibility for operating the passenger ship from the owner;

"Directive 98/41/EC" means Council Directive 98/41/EC of 18 June 1998 on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States of the Community, in its up-to-date version;

"Directive 2009/45/E" means Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships, in its up-to-date version;

"Directive 2010/65/EU" means Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament of the Council of 20 October 2010 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC, in its up-to-date version;

"EU Member State" means a Member State of the European Union (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Malta) REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ON BOARD PASSENGER 234.58 SHIPS)

or of the European Economic Area;

"Maltese passenger ship" means a passenger ship which is a Maltese ship registered in terms of Article 3(1) of the Act;

"passenger ship" means a ship or a high-speed craft which carries more than 12 passengers;

"Registrar-General" means the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen appointed in terms of article 363 of the Act.

(2) Unless otherwise defined in the Act or in these regulations, or unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in these regulations shall have the same meaning assigned to them in Directive 98/41/EC.