S.L. 573.16 Art. 2Interpretation. 

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Government Lands Act;

"applicant" means any natural or legal person applying to the authority to be granted the title of temporary empythuesis in accordance with the terms of these regulations;

"authority" means the Lands Authority established in accordance with article 5 of the Lands Authority Act;

"Board of Governors" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"casa means a single tenement which is being bottega" used for residential and for commercial purposes concurrently;

"commercial property" means the property that, as of the application submission date, is recognised under one (1) of the categories listed in the First Schedule;

"Minister" means the Minister or Parliamentary Secretary under whose portfolio the authority is included;

"operator" means a natural or legal person with an ongoing operations agreement with a tenant authorising him to operate a commercial property;

"recognised use" means the use for which land has been CONCESSION TO THE EMPHYTEUTA, TENANT OR OPERATOR OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED COMMERCIAL 573.16 PROPERTY

granted including that use of land recognised by the authority or which the authority considers recognising;

"scheduled properties" means the buildings scheduled as

Grade 1 and Grade 2 in terms of article 57 of the Development Planning Act.