Cap. 632 Art. 2Interpretation.  S.L. 595.27.  Cap. 490.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"competent authority" means the Insolvency and Receivership

Service within the Malta Business Registry established by the Malta Business Registry (Establishment as an Agency) Order;

"connected undertaking" means an undertaking which is effectively managed or promoted as one practice with the registered firm or as a related undertaking of the registered firm;

"EEA State" means a state which is a contracting party to the agreement on the European Economic Area signed in Porto on 2 May 1992 as amended by the Protocol signed in Brussels on 17 March 1993, and as amended by any subsequent Acts;

"insolvency practitioner" means a person who is authorised, by the competent authority, to carry out the functions of an insolvency practitioner in accordance with article 4(2);

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Malta Business Registry;

"principal" means every member of the administrative or management body of a registered firm, and shall include any person who is authorised to represent the registered firm for any judicial or legal purpose, and any person who is responsible for directing the fulfilment of any engagements taken on by the registered firm;

"recognised jurisdiction" means a state that is a member of the European Union or an EEA State, or any other jurisdiction approved by notice of the Minister from time to time for the purpose of this definition;

"registered firm" means an entity, regardless of its legal form, formed in accordance with article 6 and any connected undertaking; and

"Tribunal" means the Administrative Review Tribunal established by article 5(1) of the Administrative Justice Act.