S.L. 623.12 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 623.  Cap. 460.  Cap. 622.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Building and Construction Authority Act;

"applicant" means a natural person who submits an application to be issued with a licence in accordance with these regulations;

"Authority" means the Building and Construction Authority as established by article 5 of the Act;

"Board" means the Building and Construction Authority Board as established by article 11 of the Act;

"Chief Executive Officer" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"Committee" means the Masons Licensing Committee as established in regulation 5;

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

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

"licence" means a licence by means of which a person may carry out any building construction works in Malta in accordance with these regulations;

"mason" or "licensed mason" means any person who repairs or constructs, wholly or in part, any structure in concrete, stone, brick or steel, including the maintenance or alteration of such structure, even where the work done or commenced by such person consists merely in the erection of a wall or a column or a beam or any other structural element intended to form part of a building, or in the construction of, but not limited to, a well, cistern, cesspool or conduit for the passage of filthy water or sewage matter or an embankment to retain soil or any other material or liquid;

"Member State" means a state which is a member of the European Union;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the construction industry;

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

"project" means any development project which a mason has been engaged to undertake;

"Register" means the Register held by the Authority as provided in regulation 17;

''third country'' means a country which is not a member state of the European Union;

''Tribunal" means the Building and Construction Tribunal as established under Part VIII of the Act.