S.L. 605.5 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, save for the definitions set out hereunder, words and expressions shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act: "Act" means the Further and Higher Education Act;

"all-inclusive package" means the pre-arranged tuition at a School or as Home Tuition combined with at least another non-academic service mentioned hereunder, when offered by a School or by a Home Tuition Provider, whether at an inclusive price or separately and, when the package covers a period exceeding twenty-four hours, it also includes -

(a) licensed accommodation or lodging of any kind;

(b) other services not ancillary to accommodation and equivalent to at least one-fifth of the tuition time included in the package;

"Association" means an association of English language teaching schools which in the opinion of the Minister -

(a) represents such number of schools as would in the immediately preceding year to the appointment of the Council members, have serviced the largest number of students; and

(b) contributes to the establishment or has established for its member schools guidelines aimed at ensuring academic and non-academic quality standards which are at least in conformity with the requirements of these regulations;

"Council" means the English Language Teaching Council to be also referred to as "ELT Council" established by regulation 4;

"Distance Learning" means the provision by electronic means from Malta of English Language Teaching to speakers of other languages that do not physically attend a place ordained for tuition in Malta or elsewhere, established by regulation 9(2); "Distance Learning Provider" means any person that is licensed with the Council to provide Distance Learning; "Distance Learning Teacher" or "Distance Learning Practitioner" means any person trained and qualified in ELT and in possession of an ELT Permit for Distance Learning;

"ELT" means English Language Teaching to speakers of other languages as a foreign language; "ELT Council Officer" means such officer as is authorised by the Council to perform duties necessary for the execution of the functions of the Council and those other functions which are related to the implementation of these regulations and of the Act and also to perform such work as may be necessary to assure and inspect the quality and standards in Schools, by Home Tuition Providers and Distance Learning Providers, and to perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Chairperson of the Council; "ESP" means English for Specific Purposes in a discipline or disciplines to speakers of other languages; "ELT Permit", "ELT Permit for Home Tuition", "ELT Permit for Distance Learning", and "ESP Permit" mean a licence issued under regulation 10;

"English Language Teacher" or "ELT Practitioner" means any person trained and qualified in ELT and in possession of an ELT Permit; "Home Tuition" means the provision of ELT by an English Language Teacher, not in the name or employment of a School, principally at the place of residence of the same English Language Teacher or of the student, as approved, to not more than four such students hosted and taught simultaneously and "Home Tuition Provider" or "Home Tuition Tutor" and similar words shall be construed accordingly;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for education; "non-academic services" means any information, guidance, knowledge, howsoever imparted or transmitted whether as non-formal or informal learning or otherwise or any other service generally of a tourism nature including, without prejudice to generality of the aforesaid, cultural, leisure, entertainment, sports activities and accommodation, not being formal tuition, provided to students speakers of other languages attending a School or Home Tuition; "School" means a school in terms of the Act, whose principal non-exclusive activity is formal ELT, conducted continuously throughout the year and may include non-formal and informal learning and teaching English for the specific purposes of other disciplines when packaged with the principal activity, save that a School may be permitted to conduct formal ELT for a continuous period of not less than six consecutive and operational months in every year and not operate otherwise, established by regulation 9; "School Annexe" means any building, not contiguous to the School Premises, in whole or in part, howsoever described temporarily or permanently ordained toward ELT by the school and approved for the purpose by the Council prior to use; "School Premises" means any building or group of contiguous buildings whether in whole or in part howsoever described ordinarily ordained towards ELT by the School as its permanent principal premises and approved for the purpose by the Council;

"Tesol" means Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.