S.L. 552.28 ст. 2Definitions. Cap. 552.

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

"the Act" means the Development Planning Act;

"advertisement" has the same meaning assigned by the Act;

"advertising vehicle" means a vehicle used or intended to be used for the displaying of an advertisement;

"the Authority" means the Planning Authority established by the Act;

"billboard" means any advertisement equal to, or larger than, six square metres (6m²) which is permanently or temporarily mounted on any structure whether free-standing or wall-mounted and which billboard is not directly related to the advertisement of products sold or activity conducted within the site of the billboard;

"enclosed land" means any land which is surrounded on all sides by a boundary wall, fence or marker as to provide or indicate an enclosed area of land;

"illuminated advertisement" means an advertisement which is designed or adapted to be illuminated by artificial lighting, whether directly or by reflection;

"permission" means, in relation to the display of an advertisement, permission granted by the Authority pursuant to these regulations;

"political advertisement" means any advertisement, including a billboard, which is used for the display of material which relates exclusively to a general election or to a referendum or a European Parliament election or to an election for local councils and which is displayed not earlier than three months before the date on which such election or referendum is to be held and not later than one week from the official announcement of the result of such election or referendum; and through a Planning Control (PC) application, or any road that is maintained by the Local Council or the transport authority wherein the public has free, unencumbered and unrestricted access;

(2) Any expression defined by the Act shall have, in these regulations, the same meaning as it has in the Act.