S.L. 291.1 Art. 2Definitions.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Agency" means the Local Enforcement System Agency established by the Local Enforcement System (Establishment as an

Agency) Order; ''community officers'' means any person duly licensed in accordance with article 14 of the Private Guards and Community Officers Act; ''household'' includes, any person who at the time of delivery of summons, lives, even though temporarily, at the particular last registered address or postal address; "identity document" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Identity Card and other Identity Documents Act; "Identity Malta Agency" means the Agency established by the Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) Order;

''judicial act'' means any act made in writing in terms of the provisions of the Commissioner for Justice Act or regulations made under the provisions of the same Act and includes summons and subpoenas; ''last registered address'' means:

(i) in relation to a person, the address shown on the identity document of such person;

(ii) in relation to a body corporate having distinct legal personality,

(a) the address of the registered office shown on the registration of that body corporate with any state body or authority in Malta with which it is obliged, under any law, to be registered in order to function; or

(b) if there is no obligation to register, the address of the main office given on the voluntary registration by such body corporate with any state body or authority. ''officer'' means community officers, officers of the Post Office, Police officers, and any other body or persons entrusted with the service of judicial acts by virtue of the Commissioners for Justice

Act or any other regulations made under the provisions of this same Act, or any other law;

''officers of the Post Office'' means post-officers duly employed in the business of the Post Office;

''place of work'' means any place where the person works, whether as employer, employee or service provider, whether full-time or part-time, whether for any remunerative consideration or otherwise on a voluntary basis; ''place of business'' means the business address from where a main business is conducted, and this includes but is not limited to, the address or addresses from where the administration and, or the management and, or the main dealings of the business are conducted; ''postal address'' means:

(i) in relation to a natural person, the address where the person usually receives his mail, or to such other place that may have been indicated by the person to the officers of the Post Office, and

(ii) in relation to a body corporate having distinct legal personality, the last registered address; ''service'' means any service whether such service is given on a permanent basis or whether it is given on a temporary basis; ''statement'' means the declaration made by the officer charged with the notification of judicial acts, which declaration must be drawn up on the certificate of notification by the officer charged with the notification, which certificate must be completed in the form prescribed in the Schedule; ''summons'' means an order in writing issued in accordance with article 5(3) and (4) of the Commissioners for Justice Act; ''subpoena'' means a witness summons whereby a person is called upon to give evidence before a Local Tribunal, and such subpoena shall contain an order to appear at a stated place and time for the purpose of giving evidence before the Local Tribunal.