Cap. 327 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Council" means the governing body of the University established by article 76;

"employment" includes employment in any labour or work exercised by way of trade or for gain, whether the gain be to the person employed or to any other person, and whether the labour or work is done for wages or other compensation or not, and "to employ" should be construed accordingly; "entity" includes a Directorate, a College, the National Commission for Further and Higher Education established under Part VI, the institution for tourism studies referred to in article 132, and any Directorate, department, unit, agency or other organisation as may be established by virtue of this Act or regulations made thereunder, or under any other law, and "entities" shall be construed accordingly:

Provided that only for the purposes of any right pertaining to any officer or staff member under the Pensions Ordinance and the

Widows and Orphans Pensions Act under Part IX of this Act,

"entity" also includes the University and the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology incorporated into this Act by Part VIII;

"Faculty Board" means the governing body of the University established by article 80;

"financial year" means the period of twelve months ending on the thirty-first of December of any year:

Provided that for the purposes of this Act the first financial year in respect of any entity shall consist of the period which starts running on the date of the coming into force of the relative articles of this Act relating to such entity, and ending on the thirty-first day of December of the following year:

Provided further that in the case of the University of Malta, the financial year means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st October of any year and ending on the 30th September of the next following year, so however that the financial year which commenced on the 1st January, 2007 shall be for a period of nine months terminating on the 30th September, 2007; "General Estimates" means the estimates presented to the House of Representatives in respect of any financial year, of the expenditure for the service of that financial year and includes any supplementary estimates of expenditure for which it may be necessary to provide after those estimates have been presented to the House of Representatives and in this context "financial year" has the same meaning as it has for the purpose of the Constitution of Malta; "Government" means the Government of Malta;

"the Minister" means the Minister responsible for education, and includes, within the limits of any given authority, any person who is specifically authorised by the Minister for any of the purposes of this Act, and "Ministry" shall be construed accordingly;

"public officer" has the same meaning as is given to it by article 124 of the Constitution;

"Rector" means the Rector of the University elected under article 74 and any person temporarily acting in that capacity;

"remuneration" includes compensation in any form whether in money or in kind;

"Senate" means the governing body of the University established by article 78;

"University" means the University of Malta established by article 72.