S.L. 499.10 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 499.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "the Act" means the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; "the Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established under the Act, and it shall include any person authorised by the Authority to act on its behalf;

"craft" means every description of craft used in navigation; "facilities" means any buoys, moorings, quays, wharves, jetties, piers, pontoons, boats and any fittings or appurtenances connected therewith, and any property movable or immovable provided at a yachting centre, and any services necessary and ancillary to the operation of a yachting centre or offered therein; "manager of a yachting centre" means the person or representative appointed by the operator of a yachting centre responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the yachting centre; "Minister" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by the Act; "mooring" means any gear, including any anchor or stake, to which a yacht or other craft may be secured by a chain, cable, wire or rope; and for the purpose of these regulations, mooring refers to a mooring found within a yachting centre and controlled and managed by the operator of a yachting centre only; "operator of a yachting centre" means the person authorised by the Authority or by the Minister to manage and operate a yachting centre; "yacht" means a registered sea going vessel used solely for pleasure and accepted as such by the Authority; "yachting centre" means any area within the internal and territorial waters of Malta which is primarily intended, organised and equipped with facilities and used for the berthing and mooring of yachts, and it shall also include a marina, whether of a temporary or permanent nature.

*See regulation 1(2) of these Regulations, as originally promulgated.

(2) In these regulations, words and expressions not otherwise defined in these regulations and which occur in the Act have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act.