S.L. 595.13 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 595. S.L. 601.03 S.L. 601.05

For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -"the Act" means the Public Administration Act;

"Board" means the board established in terms of regulation 4; "candidate" means a natural or legal person or entity or group of such persons and, or bodies participating in a procurement procedure, including, without limitation, any aggrieved person having or having had an interest in obtaining a particular contract; "Constitution" means the Constitution of Malta;

"contract" means any contract for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more economic operators and one or more procuring entities having as its main object the entrusting of the provision and management of health and ancillary services to one such, or more, economic operators, the consideration for which consists either solely in the right to exploit those services that are the subject of the contract or in that right together with payment; "complainant" means any candidate who files a complaint with the Board in accordance with the provisions of regulation 30; "government agency" or "agency" means a body listed in the Fourth Schedule of the Act; "government department" or "department" means any entity in the Public Service that is listed in the Second Schedule of the Act; "government entity" means an organisation, not being a government department, a government agency or a commercial partnership, in which Government has a controlling interest, whether or not such organisation is established by law; "procurement procedure" means a process initiated by a procuring entity leading to the award of a contract and which process falls outside the scope of the Public Procurement

Regulations and of the Public Procurement of Entities Operating in the Water, Energy Transport and Postal Services Sectors Regulations;

"procuring entity" means the Government, any government department, government agency or government entity; "Public Service" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by the Constitution, but shall, for the purposes of these regulations, be understood in accordance with article 2(2) of the Act; "recommended candidate" means the candidate who had been indicated in the adjudication decision of the procuring entity as the one to whom the contract was to be awarded;

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Board; "working days" means days other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday or national holidays in Malta.