S.L. 581.1 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 581.  Cap. 605.   Cap. 492.

In these regulations, unless the context requires otherwise:

"Act" means the Gender-Based and Domestic Violence Act;

"designated MARAM officers" means officers representing the entities listed in the Schedule;

"domestic violence services" means the domestic violence services offered by the Foundation for Social Welfare Services;

"education entity" means any of the Departments of

Education listed in the Schedule to the Education Act;

"entities" means all the agencies or governmental bodies or entities listed in the Schedule;

"evidence-based risk assessment tool" means an assessment that evaluates the potential for future harm by relying on tools that have been scientifically tested for accuracy, reliability and validity. Risk assessment tools provide structured, evidence-based questionnaires to classify risk and help predict and prevent severe outcomes while ensuring a personalised and reliable risk evaluation;

"FSWS" means the Foundation for Social Welfare Services;

"health entity" means any department or entity falling under the remit of the Health Ministry;

"MARAM Board" means the Board of Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Meeting as established by regulation 3;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Foundation for Social Welfare Services;

"Regulation (EU) 2016/679" means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 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 (General Data Protection Regulation);

"risk assessment" means the structured process of evaluating the level of risk experienced by victims of domestic violence;

"victim" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"voluntary organisation" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Voluntary Organisations Act.