S.L. 465.65 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:

"booster" means additional vaccine dose or doses following a full primary course of vaccination;

"fully vaccinated person" means a person who has received all applicable doses of an approved vaccine medicinal product according to instructions published by its manufacturer, which vaccine shall become effective fourteen (14) days after the last dose has been received;

"General Data Protection Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC;

"interoperability" or "interoperable" means that a vaccination certificate and a recognised vaccination certificate are able of being verified in Malta and in the third country party to a bilateral agreement in terms of article 4;

"recognised vaccination certificate" means an interoperable certificate recording that a person has been fully vaccinated and which certificate is issued in a third country which has a bilateral agreement with Malta;

"third country" means any country outside the European Economic Area;

"trust framework" means the rules, policies, specifications, protocols, data formats and digital infrastructure regulating and allowing for the reliable and secure issuance and verification of certificates to guarantee the certificates’ trustworthiness by confirming their authenticity, validity and integrity;

"unique certificate identifier" means a set of numbers and letters given to each vaccination certificate issued in accordance with this order and which shall be specific to each certificate;

"vaccination certificate" means an interoperable certificate generated in Malta upon the request of a person which includes the information listed in the Schedule;

"vaccine" means an immunological medicinal product to prevent COVID-19.