S.L. 546.3 Art. 2Interpretation. 

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Act;

"Agency" means the Identity Malta Agency established by article 3 of the Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) Order which shall be the controller for the purposes of these regulations; DATA SHARING WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

"common database" means an existing public sector data repository containing details of persons derived from civil acts and other person identity documents;

"controller" shall have the same meaning as in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation;

"core person record" means the minimum set of person details as included in the First Schedule;

"Data Governance Council" shall have the same meaning and functions as in Part XI of the Organisational Structures for Data

Sharing and Re-Use Regulations;

"data owner" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Organisational Structures for Data Sharing and Re-

Use Regulations;

"extended person details" means the personal data listed in the Second Schedule;

"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 persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);

"life event" means a process listed in the Fourth Schedule which may create an entry, or change the core person details listed in the First Schedule, in any official register;

"official record" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Organisational Structures for Data Sharing and

Re-Use Regulations;

"official register" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Organisational Structures for Data Sharing and

Re-Use Regulations;

"personal data" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation;

"person status identifier" means the person status derived from the applicable law as included in the Third Schedule;

"professional warrant" means an indicator or counter added as part of the Second Schedule which is derived from the relevant official registers to recognize a person as the holder of one or more professional warrants issued by a competent authority in Malta; "public employee" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2(1) of the Public Administration Act;

"public sector body" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2 of the Act;

"regulatory authority" shall have the same meaning, powers and functions as established by the Act and by Part III of the

Organisational Structures for Data Sharing and Re-Use Regulations;

"Register" means the Person Register established by regulation 3;

"Registrar" or "Registrar of Persons" means the authorized official function within the agency which shall be designated as the administrator in respect of the Register;

"uniform resource identifier" or "URI" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Organisational

Structures for Data Sharing and Re-Use Regulations; and

"user" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Organisational Structures for Data Sharing and

Re-Use Regulations.