S.L. 426.4 Art. 2Definitions. Cap. 426. Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014. Cap. 418. Cap. 586. Cap. 258.

(1) Any reference in these Regulations to "the Act" is a reference to the Electronic Commerce Act, and any reference to "the eIDAS Regulation" is a reference to the Regulation (EU) No. 910/

2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/ EC. Unless stated otherwise in these Regulations the provisions of article 2 of the Act, and of Article 3 of the eIDAS Regulation shall apply in relation to these Regulations.

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

"Authority" means the Malta Communications Authority established under the Malta Communications Authority Act;

"Data Protection law" means the Data Protection Act, any regulations made thereunder and any applicable EU legislation regulating data protection including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation);

"identity document" means an identity card, a residence document or an identification document issued under the Identity Card and Other Identity Documents Act, or an identity card or passport issued by the pertinent authorities of a Member State of the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland;

"Malta trusted list" means the list established and maintained by the Authority in accordance with Article 22 of the eIDAS Regulation; and

"video-conferencing" refers to such means of communication that consists of any form of interactive communication that allows the transmission and capture of sound, image and data in real time.