Cap. 381 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires -

"Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established under the Authority for Transport in Malta Act and includes any officer or employee of the Authority; "bunkering" means the loading, discharging and transferring of fuels between a bunker barge or a road tanker or a marine terminal or a marine facility or any two or more of the preceding, to a receiving ship where those fuels are for fuelling the same ship or its machinery; "Combined Nomenclature" means Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff;

"Customs" means the Comptroller of Customs and includes any officer or employee of his department having an expressed or implied authority to act for the Comptroller; "fuel" means any non-volatile marine grade fuel oil used to fuel a ship or its machinery and includes lubricating oil and also those products falling under subheadings 2710.19.43 to 2710.19.48 or 2710.20.11 to 2719.20.19 or under subheadings 2710.19.62 to 2710.19.68 or 2710.20.31 to 2710.20.39 of the Combined Nomenclature; "Minister" unless otherwise stated means the Minister responsible for finance; "ship" means every description of vessel of any size used in navigation, whether self propelled or not, and includes barges, oil rigs, pontoons and any other craft and similar vessels.