S.L. 549.58 Art. 3Definitions. S.L. 549.19

For the purposes of these regulations and of the EC

Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: "the competent authority" means the Environment and Resources Authority as prescribed by the Nomination of the Competent Authority Order, and such other body or person as the Minister responsible for the environment may by order in the Gazette prescribe and different bodies or persons may be designated as the competent authority for different provisions and different purposes of these regulations;

"course" means any taught form of instruction approved in writing by the competent authority for the purposes of these regulations; "electronic version/copy" means a computerised format of all necessary reporting forms required by these regulations; "licence" means any licence issued by the competent authority for the purposes of these regulations under any conditions which may be deemed fit by the competent authority; "logbook" refers to:

(a) a hard bound, consecutively page numbered book containing on the first page, the name, I.D. number and license/permit number of the personnel involved, and any other details as may be approved from time to time by a notice of the competent authority in the Gazette, and

(b) an electronic copy of the hard bound format in paragraph (a), in a format established by the competent authority; "permit" means any permit issued by the competent authority for the purposes of these regulations under any conditions which may be deemed fit by the said competent authority;

"personnel involved" includes all producers, importers, shippers, exporters, technicians, any appropriate bodies and users, including retailers and any persons involved in the destruction, recovery, reclamation and recycling of the substances covered by the EC Regulation;

"shipment" means any movement of goods between Malta and the remainder of the European Community, and "shipper" shall be construed accordingly.