Cap. 561 ст. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"area of responsibility" means any business of the Government of Malta for which responsibility may be assigned to a Minister under article 82 of the Constitution, and includes the consolidated areas of responsibility that are listed in the Schedule;

"consolidated area of responsibility" means any of the areas of responsibility that are established under this Act and listed in the first column of the Schedule;

"Minister" means any Minister appointed in accordance with article 80 of the Constitution, and shall for the purposes of this Act, include the Prime Minister; "related law" means any law which is listed in the second column of the Schedule against a consolidated area of responsibility; "statutory title" means any title by means of which a Minister is identified, designated or assigned functions in a related law, and which is listed in the third column of the Schedule.