Cap. 164 Art. 2Interpretation. 

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"appropriate consent" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 350 of the Criminal Code;

"Commissioner of Police" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 6(1);

"the European Union” means the European Union as referred to in the Treaty;

"the Force" means the Malta Police Force;

"gazetted officer" means any police officer of or above the rank of Inspector;

"Internal Audit and Investigations Unit" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 37(1);

"member of the Force" means any police officer other than the Commissioner;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Police; "non-intimate sample" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 350 of the Criminal Code;

"Police" means the Malta Police Force;

"Police Governance Board" means the Governance Board established by virtue of article 5;

"police officer" means any person serving in the Force and includes the Commissioner;

"premises" means any place, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, seacraft, including an off-shore installation, or any temporary or moveable structure;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

"protected witness" means a person admitted to a witness protection programme under article 40(1);

"seconding Member State" means the Member State of the European Union which authorizes its officers or other officials to participate in joint patrols and operations with the Police as provided in article 80(1); "seconded officers" means officers or other officials of a seconding Member State;

"The Independent Police Complaints Board" means the board established by virtue of article 35; "the Treaty" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 2

of the European Union Act.

(2) Nomenclatures importing the male gender include also the female gender or the acquired gender identity.