Cap. 594 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires -

"Authority" means the National Employment Authority established by article 3;

"Board" means the Board of Jobsplus;

"candidate" means a person applying for the Trade Test;

"dependants" means individuals wholly or mainly dependant for their maintenance on an individual and being in relation to such individual -

(a) the spouse, the children or stepchildren, or grandchildren if the parents are dead;

(b) if unmarried - the children, the parents, or the unmarried siblings;

(c) if a widower - the children or stepchildren and grandchildren if parents are dead;

"disability" means a long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which in interaction with various barriers may hinder one’s full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others;

"educational or training institutions" means any licensed school or other institution or entity offering educational services, secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level and also includes further and higher educational institutions, institutions offering formal and non-formal learning, and vocational education;

*See Legal Notice 322 of 2019. "financial year" means the period of twelve months ending on the 31st December of any year;

"further and higher education" means all non-compulsory formal, non-formal and informal learning which serves to obtain a national qualification classified up to and including level 5 of the Malta Qualifications Framework, or a foreign qualification at a comparable level;

"Jobsplus" means the Jobsplus Corporation established by article 5 and, to the extent of the authority given, includes any officer of Jobsplus duly authorised to act on its behalf;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for employment and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any person authorised by the said Minister in that behalf for any purpose of this Act;

"parent" means the father or the mother and includes any person who has the care and custody, whether legal or actual, of a child under the age of eighteen years;

"person" includes a body of persons and any body corporate established by law;

"prescribe" means prescribe by regulations made under this Act;

"Register" means the Register referred to in article 11;

"scheme" means a work placement scheme under this Act;

"Trade Testing Board" means a board constituted as in article 26;

"trainee" means a person, who is not of compulsory school age and who is attending formal training at Jobsplus or other courses delivered by another person approved by Jobsplus or a person attending a scheme.