S.L. 439.10 Art. 2Definitions. Cap. 437.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, the definitions in Article 2 of European Union Council Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/ 425/EEC, 97/78/EC and 91/496/EEC, shall apply as necessary.

(2) In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) "journey" means transport from place of departure to place of destination;

(b) "means of transport" means those parts of road

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 143 of 2023. vehicles, ships and aircraft used for loading and carrying animals, as well as containers for land, sea or air transport;

(c) "place of departure" means the place at which, without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 1(2)(b), the animal is first loaded on to a means of transport, or any place where the animals have been unloaded and accommodated for twenty-four hours, watered, fed and, if necessary, cared for, but excluding any staging or transfer point. In the case of approval of markets and assembly centres in the territory of Malta in accordance with the veterinary legislation, these markets and assembly centres may also be regarded as places of departure;

(d) "place of destination" means the place at which an animal is finally unloaded from a means of transport, but excluding a staging point or a transfer point;

(e) "rest period" means a continuous period in the course of a journey during which animals are not being moved by a means of transport;

(f) "trading partner" shall have the same meaning as provided in article 2 of the Veterinary Services Act and shall include Member States of the European Union;

(g) "transfer point" means a place where transport is interrupted to transfer animals from one means of transport to another;

(h) "transport" means any movement of animals, effected by a means of transport, which includes loading and unloading the animals;

(i) "transporter" means any natural or legal person transporting animals on his own account, or for the account of a third party, or by providing a third party with a means of transport of animals, where such transport is of a commercial nature and carried out for the purpose of gain;

(j) "staging point" means a place where the journey is interrupted to rest, feed or water the animals.

CHAPTER II Transfer and controls between the territory of Malta and trading partners’ territories