S.L. 545.44 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 545.  S.L. 545.33.  S.L. 545.43. Cap. 545. 2 [S.L.  S.L. 545.45. 3

(1) Unless otherwise required under these regulations, the terms defined in the Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, in the Energy Efficiency Regulations and in the Promotion of Energy from Renewable Sources Regulations shall apply.

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, and unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Regulator for Energy and Water

Services Act; HIGH-EFFICIENCY COGENERATION AND OF ENERGY 545.44 FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

"energy supplier" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Biofuels, Bioliquids and Biomass Fuels (Sustainability Criteria) Regulations;

"final customer" means a natural or legal person who purchases energy for its own use;

"guarantee of origin" means an electronic document issued by the Regulator which has the sole function of providing evidence to a final customer that a specific share or quantity of electricity was produced from high-efficiency cogeneration or that a specific share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable energy sources;

"guarantee of origin for electricity" means a guarantee of origin that relates to electricity produced from renewable sources;

"guarantee of origin for gas" means a guarantee of origin that relates to gas produced from renewable sources, including hydrogen produced from renewable sources;

"guarantee of origin holder" means the person in favour of whom the guarantee of origin is issued or the person to whom it is transferred;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for energy;

"Regulator" means the Regulator for Energy and Water Services as established by article 3 of the Act;

"residual energy mix" means the total annual energy mix for Malta, excluding the share covered by cancelled guarantees of origin;

"statement of entitlement" means a statement made to the Regulator in respect of the electricity, or energy which is the subject of the application for the issue of a guarantee of origin;

"third party" means any natural or legal person, in favour of whom a guarantee of origin has been transferred by the guarantee of origin holder, issued to the latter in relation to electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration and, or to energy from renewable energy sources according to these regulations, and under which guarantee such third party is able to fulfil his obligations in relation to production and, or supply of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration or that produced from renewable energy sources.