S.L. 65.31 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"access" includes access, entry and, or parking;

"access fee" means the fee which is chargeable to persons whose vehicle accesses the charging zone; "the Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta set up under the provisions of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; "Board" means the Board set up in terms of regulation 10; "charging time" means the days and the period of time the controlled access is in force; "chargeable vehicle" means a vehicle the owner of which is charged a fee whenever that vehicle accesses a charging zone; "charging zone" means the area in which access by a chargeable vehicle shall be liable to an access fee; "Council locality" means a locality governed by a Local Council;

"elderly person" means a person who is sixty-one years of age or more;

"enclosed space" means an area within a charging zone that is physically definable as a distinct area and which, whilst not being a garage, is used for the parking of motor vehicles and is not accessible to the general public for the purpose of car parking except with the consent of the owner thereof;

"garage" means a lockable building or enclosed space in which to park or keep a vehicle situated within a charging zone and it includes an enclosed space and an off-street parking facility; "keeper of a vehicle" means a person who is in lawful possession of a leased vehicle or any other car of which he is not the lawful owner; "KNPD" means the National Commission Persons with Disability established under article 21 of the Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act;

"immediate relatives" means the daughters and sons of elderly persons provided that the spouse of the son or daughter may substitute the son or daughter and if the elderly person has no son or daughter such elderly person may nominate any person whatsoever; "Local Council" means a local government council established in terms of the Local Government Act; "motor mechanical workshop" means a workshop where motor vehicle mechanical or panel repairs are carried out on a commercial basis;

"night" means, for the purpose of these regulations, any two consecutive hours between 01.00 hours and 05.00 hours;

"non-chargeable vehicle" means a vehicle which is kept in a garage or parked on a street within the Council locality during the night for not less than 15 nights, whether consecutive or not, during one calendar month, and for not less than seven months within a calendar year;

"off-street parking facility" means a private area within a charging zone which is not part of a road;

"operator" means the person contracted by the Authority to develop, install and operate a Vehicular Access Control System in a charging zone; "other emergency vehicles" means any vehicle used by service providers in the electricity, water, drainage and communications sectors to give an emergency service; "owner of a garage" means any person or undertaking that owns or has on lease the garage; "owner of a vehicle" means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Motor Vehicle (Registration and Licensing) Regulations; "parking disc" has the same meaning assigned to it by the Controlled Parking Schemes (Residents and Commercial) Regulations; "pedestrian zone" means an area -

(a) which has been laid out to improve amenity for pedestrians; and

(b) to which the entry of vehicles is prohibited or restricted; "residence" means the place where a person has his permanent abode for at least seven months of the year; "vehicle" means any motor vehicle intended for use on the road, with or without bodywork, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km per hour, and its trailers, with the exception of vehicles which run on rails and of agricultural tractors and machinery; "Vehicular Access Control System" means a system consisting of surveillance equipment, including cameras and transmission equipment, which may be used to control and monitor access within a charging zone, to record data and to detect crime.