S.L. 399.47 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 399. Cap. 418. 2 [S.L.

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

"the Act" means the Electronic Communications

(Regulation) Act, and includes any regulations made thereunder;

"the Authority" means the Malta Communications

Authority established under the Malta Communications Authority Act;

"competent public body" means any such public body or bodies as the Minister may after consultation with the Minister responsible for such public body and with the Authority, designate in the Schedule in accordance with his powers under article 47 of the Act, to be responsible or to undertake any or all of the functions stated in these regulations:

Provided that, the Minister may designate different public bodies to be responsible and, or to undertake the different functions stated in these regulations;

"harmonised service of social value" means a service, pursuant to the European Commission Decision 2007/116/EC EUROPEAN EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE ("112" NUMBER) AND THE EUROPEAN HARMONISED SERVICES OF SOCIAL VALUE 399.47 ("116" NUMBERING RANGE) of 15 February 2007, meeting a common description that shall be accessed by individuals by them using a free of charge number, which is potentially of value to visitors from other countries and which answers a specific social need, in particular which contributes to the well-being or safety of citizens, or particular groups of citizens, or helps citizens in difficulty;

"the Minister" means the Minister responsible for communications;

"number-based interpersonal communications service" means an interpersonal communications service which connects with publicly assigned numbering resources, namely, a number or numbers in national or international numbering plans, or which enables communication with a number or numbers in national or international numbering plans:

Provided that, the mere use of a number as an identifier should not be considered to be equivalent to the use of a number to connect with publicly assigned numbers and should therefore, in itself, not be considered to be sufficient to qualify as a number-based interpersonal communications service;

"provider" means, unless the context otherwise requires, a provider of a publicly available number-based interpersonal communications services.

(2) Unless otherwise stated in these regulations, the definitions in the Act shall apply in these regulations.

Part II The Single European Emergency Call Service ("112" Number)