Cap. 10 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Code, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent with such construction or unless it is therein otherwise expressly provided -

the expression "architect" means any person authorized to practise the profession of architect and civil engineer under the provisions of the Architects Ordinance;

the expression "cattle-pen" means any place in which there are more than two animals of the bovine species;

the expression "cellar" means any part of a house the floor of which is more than one metre below the level of the nearest street;

the expression "cemetery" means any cemetery, tomb or other site destined for the burial of dead bodies, wherever situate;

the expression "common tenement-house" means any house where more than two families reside and there is not in the room or apartment occupied by each family a separate privy and a separate water supply; the expression "court-yard" includes any court-yard, garden or other uncovered space; the expression "General Services Board" means the Board constituted under article 41 of the Department of Health (Constitution) Ordinance; the expression "harbour" means any harbour, port, bay, cove, creek or seashore; the expression "house" means any house properly so called, and includes any mezzanine, room, store or other building made chiefly of stone or other material used in building construction;

the expression "inhabited area" means any area in which there is an aggregation of houses inhabited or capable of being inhabited by more than one hundred persons; the expression "Authority for Transport in Malta" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established under the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; the expression "mason" means any person who constructs wholly or in part, any stone or brick building not built without mortar, even though the work done or commenced by such person consists merely in the erection of a wall intended to form part of a building, or in the formation of a cistern, privy, sink or cesspool or of a conduit for the passage of filthy water or sewage matter;

the expression "owner", used with reference to immovable property, includes any person representing the owner in the administration of the property concerned, or acting on behalf of the owner or assuming the character of owner, according to circumstances;

the expression "person" includes an association or body of persons; the expression "pigsty" means any place in which there are more than two pigs; the expression "place of the privy" means the closet or other enclosed place in which the privy is situate; the expression "privy" includes any latrine, or other fixed receptacle intended for the immediate use of man for his natural wants, and any aperture communicating with a sewer, cesspool, pit, or other place for the deposit of filth or sewage matter, intended for the use and wants as aforesaid, even though such receptacle or aperture be also intended for other purposes; the expression "sanitary authority" includes the General Services Board, the Superintendent of Public Health, a Medical Officer of Health, a Sanitary Engineer, a Health Inspector, and any other person appointed by the Minister responsible for public health to ensure the observance of this Code so far as it relates to public health;

the expression "sheep-pen" means any place in which there are more than four sheep or goats;

the expression "street" means any street and includes any road, alley, square, fortification or other place of public passage;

the expression "vehicle" has the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act;

the expression "vessel" means any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation.