S.L. 639.10 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 639.   Cap. 422.

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

"Act" means the Agriculture Act;

"annual income" means the annual value added per annual working unit of a commercial holding;

"Board" means the Holding Evaluation Board as established by regulation 5;

"commercial holdings" means agricultural holdings managed by a farmer with a standard output of four thousand euro (€4000) or more per annum:

Provided that agricultural holdings with a standard output of less than four thousand euro (€4000) shall per annum be not be considered commercial holdings:

"data" means any data related to all aspects of the production and processing of agricultural products, including but not limited to agricultural holding structure, location, accountancy, employment and agricultural and processing practices;

"derived annual income" means the annual income of the commercial holding calculated on the basis of the size of the agriculture holding;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for agriculture;

"Ministry" means the Ministry for agriculture;

"National Statistics Office" means the National Statistics

Office as established according to article 9 of the Malta

Statistics Authority Act, or any other body or person which may, from time to time perform its functions;

"standard output" means the standard value of gross production of commercial holdings as may be calculated according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of 30 November 2009 setting up the Farm Sustainability Data Network" and, or published by Eurostat according to European Union legislation, as in force from time to time;

(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 assigned to them in the Act.