S.L. 586.14 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 586.   Cap. 586. 2 [S.L.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Data Protection Act;

"AI system" shall have the same meaning assigned to in Regulation (EU) 2024/1689;

"Commissioner" means the Information and Data

Protection Commissioner appointed in accordance with article

11 of the Act;

"importer" shall have the same meaning assigned to in Regulation (EU) 2024/1689;

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

*Vide regulation 1(3) of L.N. 227 of 2025 by virtue of which regulations 5 to 7 and 9 to 12 came into force on 2nd August 2026. INFORMATION AND DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION 586.14 (EU) 2024/1689)

"Regulation (EU) 2024/1689" means Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008,

(EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU,

(EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act).

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases used in these regulations which are not defined in this regulation shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in the Act, including regulations made thereunder, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.