Cap. 563 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 363.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them:

"agency of Government" means a body corporate established by law and a company in which the Government or such body corporate, or a combination thereof, has a controlling interest or which is a subsidiary of such a company; "auditor" is a holder of a practising certificate to practise in the field of auditing; "Authority" means the Lands Authority established under article 5 and includes any body or other person acting on its behalf under powers delegated by the Authority under this Act, and the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, designate different bodies or persons as a competent authority for different provisions and different purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;

"Board" means the Board of Governors of the Authority established by article 10;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board of Governors who shall be the Chairperson of the Authority appointed in terms of article 10; "days" means calendar days;

"financial year" means any period of twelve months ending on the 31st December:

Provided that the first financial year shall start on the coming into force of this Act and shall end on the 31st December of the following year; "functions" includes responsibilities, powers and duties;

"Gazette" means the Government Gazette; "land" includes a building and also land which has been formed following land reclamation and also the sea and the seabed; "local council" means a local council established under the Local

* See Legal Notice 39 of 2017 which brought into force, as from 3rd February, 2017, articles 1 to 6, 7(4) to 7(8), 8 to 52 and 58 to 64. †See Legal Notice 121 of 2017 includes any person authorised by the Prime Minister;

"policy" means a policy approved in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

"public officer" has the meaning assigned to it by article 124 of the Constitution;

"regulation" means a regulation made under article 58.