S.L. 296.1 чл. 2Interpretation.

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Land Registration Act;

"certificate of title" means the certificate and plan relative to any parcel or plot of land retained in the Registry as provided in rule 17; "charge certificate" means the certificate of any charge registered in respect of any certificate of title delivered to the person whose rights are secured by the charge or to the person entitled to be in possession of such certificate or deposited in the Registry as provided in article 36 of the Act;

"dealing" means the disposition of land, or the charge on land or the transmission of land or charge referred to in Part IV of the Act and includes any document filed with the Registrar in connection therewith; "form" includes any forms prescribed in the First Schedule to these rules and any form used in the operation of the Registry for the purpose of its administration;

"Gozo branch" means the Lands Registry branch as indicated in article 3 of the Act, located in the Island of Gozo where the titles to land in Gozo and Comino shall be registered; "land certificate" means the certificate and plan relative to any parcel or plot of land delivered to the proprietor or deposited in the Registry as provided in article 36 of the Act; "Malta branch" means the Land Registry branch as indicated in article 3 of the Act, located in the Island of Malta where the titles to land in that island shall be registered;

"plan" means any survey, diagram or sketch of land indicating its position, size, area or dimensions; "Registry" means the Land Registry as set up by article 3 of the Act; "transferee" means the person who receives the benefit of any transfer of an interest in a certificate of title; "transferor" means the proprietor who transfers his interest in a certificate of title.