S.L. 399.46 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 399.

(1) Unless the context otherwise requires any reference in these regulations to "the Act" is a reference to the

Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act, and subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2), the provisions of article 26 of the said Act shall apply to these regulations.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

''amateur service'' has the same meaning as set out in the ITU Radio Regulations;

''amateur-satellite service'' has the same meaning as set out in the ITU Radio Regulations;

''amateur station'' means one or more transmitters or a combination of transmitters and receivers, including the accessory equipment, necessary at one location for carrying on the amateur service;

''apparatus'' means apparatus for radiocommunications forming part of an amateur station;

''the Authority'' means the Malta Communications Authority;

''call sign'' means a unique group of alphanumeric characters assigned by the Authority;

''CEPT'' means the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations;

''CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01'' refers to the Recommendation T/R 61-01 of CEPT, approved in 1985 and amended thereafter concerning the CEPT Radio Amateur Licence;

''CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-02'' refers to the (AMATEUR STATION LICENCE)

Recommendation T/R 61-02 of CEPT, approved in 1990 and amended thereafter concerning the Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate;

''club'' means an amateur radio club duly registered to open as a club with the competent authorities;

''equivalent isotropically radiated power'' or ''e.i.r.p.'' means the product of the power supplied to the antenna and the antenna gain in a given direction relative to an isotropic antenna (absolute or isotropic gain);

''foreign licence'' means a licence or authorisation, however so described, which is issued by a foreign (non-Maltese) licensing administration;

''HAREC'' or ''Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate'' means a certificate providing evidence that the holder has achieved a specified level of qualification consistent with the requirements of CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-02;

''harmful interference'' shall have the same meaning given in article 2 of the Act;

''ICNIRP'' means the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection;

''ISM'' means Industrial, Scientific and Medical;

''ITU'' means the International Telecommunication Union;

''licence'' means an individual authorisation or licence granted by the Authority under Part IV of the Act to install or use an apparatus;

''licensee'' means a holder of a licence granted by the Authority or a holder of a foreign licence that has established an amateur station in Malta;

''Malta'' has the same meaning as is assigned to it in article 124 of the Constitution;

''maritime mobile'' means an amateur station located on any vessel at sea;

''message'' means a signal which conveys information to or from a radio amateur station operated by a radio amateur in accordance with these regulations;

''peak envelope power'' means the average power supplied to the antenna by a transmitter during one radio frequency cycle at the crest of the modulation envelope taken under normal operating conditions;

''permanent licence'' means an individual licence granted by the Authority to any qualified person residing in Malta having at least 16 years of age, which licence has a term specified in the same licence;

''the ITU Radio Regulations'' means the Radio Regulations annexed to, or regarded as being annexed to the most recent International Telecommunication Convention of the ITU currently in force;

''radiocommunication'' has the same meaning as set out in the ITU Radio Regulations;

''remote control operation'' means an unattended operation where the amateur station is operated by remote control, that is, where the licensee has the ability to control the amateur station from a different location to that where the amateur station is located;

''temporary licence'' means an individual licence granted by the Authority to any qualified person, which licence has a defined term not exceeding twelve (12) months;

''qualified person'' means a person who has the necessary qualifications to operate an amateur station in accordance with these regulations;

''unattended operation'' means the operation of an amateur station by a licensee when the licensee is in a different location to that where the amateur station is located;

''unwanted emissions'' means spurious emissions and out-of-band emissions as defined in the ITU Radio Regulations;

''website'' means the website of the Authority at www.mca.org.mt.

Part II General Provisions