S.L. 441.5 Art. 2Definitions.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"applicant" means a person who applies for a permit and includes any person registered with the Authority, who acts on behalf of a contractor who is also registered with the Authority; "application" means any application made by an applicant for authorisation in accordance with these regulations; "Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta; "contractor" includes any person, association or body of persons registered with the Authority for Transport in Malta to construct trenching works; "licence" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by article 25 of the Code of Police Laws;

"Local Council" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by the Local Government Act;

"locality" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by the Act and includes any arterial or distributor road or any other area within the boundaries of such locality, which under the provisions of the said Act are excluded from the responsibility of a Local Council;

"permit" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by article 29 of the Code of Police Laws;

"relative fee" means the fee that shall be paid for such authorisation, permit or licence according to Schedule C; "street" means any street, road or railway and includes any "arterial road" or "distributor road" as defined in the Structure Plan approved in accordance with the provisions of the Development Planning Act, and includes, in relation to any such road -

(a) any street or arterial or distributor road which has already been built or which is in the planning or the construction stage;

(b) the carriageway thereof as well as any border or other public open space adjacent and ancillary thereto, including side margins, central strips, roundabouts, traffic islands, footways and pavements;

(c) the foundations, sub-surfaces and. surface dressing thereof;

(d) sub-ways, overpasses, junctions and intersections, whether multi-level or otherwise;

(e) road drainage works and access thereto;

(f) trenches and trenching works for utilities;

(g) ducting, conducting and the like for the distribution of utilities or the provision of services, including works connected therewith or ancillary thereto and manholes or other means of access to such utilities or works.