Cap. 482 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"2005 Accession Convention" means the Convention of the 14 April 2005 on the Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations opened for signature in Rome on the 19 June 1980 and to the First and Second Protocols thereto on interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities; "Contracting State", in relation to and for the purposes of the Rome Convention, as having the force of law in Malta, means those Member States of the European Union that are from time to time parties to the Rome Convention and which are from time to time specified by the Minister by an order made under article 4; "the Minister" means the Minister responsible for justice; "prescribe" means prescribe by regulations made under this Act;

"Rome Convention" means the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations opened for signature in Rome on the 19 June 1980 and the First and Second Protocols thereto on interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities.