S.L. 500.1 Art. 2Definitions. Cap. 500. Cap. 378. Cap. 441. Cap. 463. Cap. 419.

(1) For the purpose of these regulations:

"the Act" means the Services (Internal Market) Act; "the body responsible for consumer protection" means the Director of Consumer Affairs designated as such in terms of article 3(1) of the Consumer Affairs Act;

"the Commerce Department" means the regulatory authority in terms of article 3 of the Trading Licenses Act; "the European Commission" means the Commission of the European Community;

"the European Consumer Centre" means the entity designated with the role of Malta’s representative in the European Commission’s European Consumer Centres Network established pursuant to Decision 1926/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme of Community action in the field of consumer policy (2007-2013); "IMI actors and users" means IMI actors and users within the meaning of Commission Decision 2008/49/EC concerning the implementation of the Internal Market Information System (IMI) as regards the protection of personal data; "the Malta Enterprise" means the corporation set up under the Malta Enterprise Act; "the Malta Standards Authority" means the authority as set up under the Malta Standards Authority Act.

(2) Words, terms and expressions used in these regulations and which are also used in the Act, shall have, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning as in the Act.