S.L. 452.15 Art. 3Interpretation.

(a) The term "hotel" includes any inn, boarding house, lodging house and also includes any bar, restaurant or shop run directly by the management of the hotel as part of the amenities of that hotel.

(b) The word "club" is referable to clubs of any description whatsoever, including social clubs, sports clubs and band clubs, and includes any bar, restaurant or shop either run directly by the management of the club as part of the amenities of the club, or given out under contract for the purpose of increasing those amenities.

(c) The terms ''guest houses'', ''holiday complexes or tourist villages'', and ''licensed holiday flats'' have the same meaning as is assigned to them by the Malta

Travel and Tourism Services Act.