Cap. 200 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"authorized officer" means any public officer authorized by the

Minister, whether generally or specially, to act in respect of any matter referred to in this Act;

"the Board" means the Clean Air Board established by article 10; "chimney" includes any structure or opening of any kind from or through which smoke or other matter foreign to normal air may be emitted, and references to a chimney of a building include references to a chimney which serves the whole or a part of a building but is structurally separate therefrom; "dark smoke" means smoke which, if compared in the appropriate manner with a chart of the type known at the date of the passing of this Act as the Ringelmann Chart, would appear to be as dark as or darker than shade 2 on the chart, and includes smoke which is to be deemed to be dark in accordance with any method other than the Ringelmann Chart prescribed by regulations made under article 13 for the purpose of ascertaining whether smoke is dark smoke or not; "day" means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight; "industrial plant" includes any still, melting pot or other plant used for any industrial or trade purposes, and also any incinerator used for or in connection with any such purposes;

"Malta" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by article 124 of the Constitution of Malta;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for public health and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any person authorized by the Minister in that behalf for any purpose of this Act; "oven" includes any form of retort or container used to subject solid fuel to any process involving the application of heat; "practicable" means reasonably practicable having regard,

*See article 1 of the Act as originally enacted, part of which has been omitted under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980, and Legal Notice 25 of 1968. †See Legal Notice 29 of 1969. "smoke" includes soot, ash, grit and gritty particles emitted in smoke.