Cap. 496 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 586. Cap. 460. Cap. 595. Cap. 586.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"applicant" means, in relation to a request for the disclosure of a document in accordance with article 3, the person who made that request; "Commissioner" means the Information and Data Protection Commissioner appointed in terms of article 11 of the Data

Protection Act; "decision notice" has the meaning given by article 23;

"document" means any article that is held by a public authority and on which information has been recorded in whatever form, including electronic data, images, scale models and other visual representations, and audio or video recordings, regardless of whether the information can be read, seen, heard or retrieved with or without the aid of any other article or device; "eligible person" means a person who is resident in Malta and who has been so resident in Malta for a period of at least five years, and who is either a citizen of Malta or a citizen of any other member state of the European Union or a citizen of any other state the citizens of which have a right, in virtue of any treaty between such state and the European Union, to be treated in Malta in the same manner as citizens of member states of the European Union;

"enforcement notice" has the meaning given by article 25; "European Union" has the meaning given by the European Union

Act; "exempt document" means a document which is not subject to disclosure under this Act in accordance with Parts V and VI; "exempt matter" means matter the inclusion of which in a document causes the document to be an exempt document; "information notice" has the meaning given by article 24; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for freedom of information and data protection; "Principal Permanent Secretary" means the officer appointed in terms of article 14 of the Public Administration Act; "public authority" means:

(a) the Government, including any ministry or department thereof; Government agency or any such body as aforesaid has a controlling interest or over which it has effective control; "relevant public authority" means a public authority other than those mentioned in article 5; "Tribunal" means the Information and Data Protection Appeals Tribunal established under article 24 of the Data Protection Act.