S.L. 499.3 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 499.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Authority for Transport in Malta Act;

"assistant mooring man" means a mooring man who is employed by the Service Provider and who works under the direction of licensed mooring men to provide mooring services; "the Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta as established by the Act; "the Board" means the Mooring Services Board set up in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9; "licensed mooring man" means a mooring man in possession of a licence issued by the Authority in terms of regulation 5 to provide mooring services; "master" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act; "the Minister" means the Minister responsible for ports and shipping; "mooring man" means a person either licensed or engaged by a terminal operator, as the case may be, in terms of these regulations to provide mooring services;

"mooring service" means the act, carried out by a mooring man, of assisting the master and, or the Pilot in safely securing a ship at a terminal including unmooring or changing the mooring of the ship, and includes any other work connected thereto; "mooring service tariff" shall be the whole amount due by the ship for the provision of the mooring service as specified in the Second Schedule;

"Pilot" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

*See regulation 1(3) of these Regulations, as originally promulgated. "port" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act; "Service Provider" means that association, cooperative society or company composed of a group of licensed mooring men formed and established according to the provisions of regulation 6; "ship" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act; "terminal" means any place where ships are moored, berthed or docked; and "terminal operator" means a person who is either authorised or recognised by the Authority as the person responsible for the management, control and operation of the terminal. Mooring Services