Cap. 540 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"acts of civil status" refers to acts of birth, acts of marriage, acts of civil union, cohabitation certificates and acts of death, as the case may be;

"Chief Executive Officer" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the International Protection Act; "Director" means the Director for Public Registry; "gender expression" refers to each person’s manifestation of their gender identity, and, or the one that is perceived by others; "gender identity" refers to each person’s internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth, including the personal sense of the body (which may involve, if freely chosen, modification of bodily appearance and, or functions by medical, surgical or other means) and other expressions of gender, including name, dress, speech and mannerisms;

"gender marker" refers to the identifier which classifies persons within a particular sex category;

"interdisciplinary team" refers to the team established by article 14;

"lived gender" refers to each person’s gender identity and its public expression over a sustained period of time;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for equality; "minor" means a person who has not as yet attained the age of sixteen years; "non-binary gender" refers to all gender identities other than male or female; "Notary" means a person holding a warrant to practise as a Notary Public in Malta in accordance with the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act; and

"sex characteristics" refers to the chromosomal, gondal and anatomical features of a person, which include primary characteristics such as reproductive organs and genitalia and, or in chromosomal structures and hormones; and secondary characteristics such as muscle mass, hair distribution, breasts and, or structure.