Cap. 470 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"L-Akkademja" means L-Akkademja tal-Malti previously known as l-Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti established on the 14th November 1920;

"Commission" means the technical commission established by article 7;

"Committee" or "Committees" means the technical committee or committees appointed under article 8;

"Council" means the National Council of the Maltese Language established by article 4;

"Executive Director" means the person appointed under article 12;

"financial year" means the period of twelve months closing on the 31st of December of each year:

Provided that the first financial year of the Council shall commence with the coming into force of this Act and terminate on the 31st day of December of the year immediately following; "linguistic policy" means a body of guide-lines which influence the linguistic expression of a people; "the Maltese Language" means the national language as prescribed by article 5 of the Malta Constitution; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Maltese language;; "organs of the Council" includes the Commission and the Committees; "orthography" means the orthography of the Maltese Language as the standard system of writing in everyday use, established and updated by L-Akkademja tal-Malti and as expounded in the documents: Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija published by the Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti in 1924; Żieda mat-Tagħrif published by L-Akkademja in its review Il-Malti in 1984; and Aġġornament tat-Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija published by L-Akkademja in its review Il-Malti in 1992, and as subject to the provision of article 5(2); "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under the provisions of this Act; "public officer" has the same meaning as in article 124 of the Malta Constitution; "University" means the University of Malta mentioned in article 28 of the Education Act.