Cap. 321 ст. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Board" means the Board tal-Inġiniera established by article 6;

"engineering services" means activities of design, specification, development, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of any mechanical, electrical, chemical process, information and related systems and such activities shall be carried out by or under the authorization and guidance of an inġinier who is a warrant holder, competent in the field as recognized by the Board;

"establishment" means the actual pursuit of an economic activity, as referred to in Article 49 of the Treaty, by the service provider for an indefinite period and through a stable infrastructure from where the business of provision of engineering services is carried out;

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

"Inġinier" means any person who has obtained a warrant in terms of article 4 of the Act;

"legal person" means a company or firm constituted under civil or commercial law, including a cooperative society, and other legal persons governed by public or private law, save for those which are non-profit-making, formed in accordance with the law of a Member State and having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Union;

"lifelong learning" means all general education, vocational education and training, non-formal education and informal learning undertaken throughout life, resulting in an improvement in knowledge, skills and competences, which may include professional ethics;

"Member State" means a Member State of the European Union; Board;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations under this Act; "profession of inġinier" means the profession practised by an inġinier who is a warrant holder;

"recipient of service" means any natural or legal person who is a national of a Member State or who benefits from the rights conferred upon him by Community Acts, or any legal person established in a Member State who, for professional or other purposes, uses or intends to use a service;"

"reserved activities" means the certification of any engineering service of a mechanical or electrical nature, which may solely and exclusively be carried out by an inġinier, having a direct and specific link with the professional qualifications, such as the definition of the profession, the scope of activities covered by a profession or reserved to it, the use of titles and professional due diligence which is directly and specifically linked to consumer protection and safety, and such activities shall be carried out by, or under the authorisation and guidance of an inġinier who is a warrant holder, or a legal person competent in the field as recognised by the Board; "service provider" means a natural person who is a national of a Member State or a legal person established in a Member State who offers or provides a service in terms of the Services Directive;

"Services Directive" means Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market;

"Treaty" means the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

"warrant" means a warrant granted under article 4; and "warrant holder" shall be construed accordingly.