S.L. 452.135 Art. 3Interpretation. Cap. 452.

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

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations

Act;

"collective agreement" means an agreement entered into between an employer, or one (1) or more organisations of employers, and one (1) or more organisations of workers regarding conditions of employment in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the regulations made thereunder;

"collective bargaining" means all negotiations which take place according to national law and practice between an employer, a group of employers or one (1) or more employers’ organisations on the one hand, and one (1) or more trade unions on the other, for determining working conditions and terms of employment;

"collective bargaining coverage" means the share of workers at national level to whom a collective agreement applies, calculated as the ratio of the number of workers covered by collective agreements to the number of workers whose working conditions may be regulated by collective agreements in accordance with national law and practice;

"Director" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"employer" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"minimum wage" means the minimum remuneration established by the laws of Malta or collective agreements that an employer, including in the public sector, is required to pay to the workers for the work performed during a particular period;

"Minister" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"statutory minimum wage" means a minimum wage established by law or other binding legal provisions, with the exclusion of minimum wages established by collective agreements that have been declared universally applicable without any discretion of the declaring authority as to the content of the applicable provisions;

"trade union" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"Tribunal" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"worker" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (1), the terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.