S.L. 368.1 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing

Act;

"authorised inspecting officer" means a Police officer, a community officer or an officer, employee or contractor of the Authority; "the Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta as established by the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; "the Board" means the Board appointed by the Minister responsible for finance to assess applications related to exemptions under article 19(3)(f) of the Act; "brought into Malta" means the entry into Malta of a motor vehicle coming from a Member State and which was put into free circulation in such Member State prior to entry into Malta;

"cycle" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Act; "circulation licence fee" means the circulation licence fee paid in terms of the Act; "driver" means any person who drives a motor vehicle even for a short period; "European Union" has the same meaning as is given to it in the European Union Act and includes Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein;

"exemption" means exemption from the payment of motor vehicle registration tax and, where applicable, from the payment of the circulation licence fee; "imported into Malta" means the entry into Malta of a motor vehicle from a third country; "Member State" means a Member State of the European Union;

"M1 motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Act;

"motor cycle" means any two-wheeled vehicle, with or without a sidecar;

"motor tricycle" means a vehicle with three symmetrically arranged wheels fitted with an engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cm3 if of the internal combustion type or a maximum design speed of more than 45 km/h; "motor vehicle" means any mechanically self-propelled vehicle intended for use on the road, other than a vehicle running on rails, having a maximum design speed of more than 45 km/h, and it includes a cycle;

"normal residence" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in article 18(5) of the Act;

"person established outside Malta" means an individual having his normal residence outside Malta or a person, other than an individual, having his only or principal place of business outside Malta; "person residing in Malta" means:

(a) an individual having his normal residence in Malta, and is legally obliged to have a legally valid identification document issued under the Identity Card and other Identity Documents Act,

(b) a person, other than an individual, having his only or principal place of business in Malta; "private vehicle" means an M1 motor vehicle, including its trailer, if any, a motor caravan, a motor home or a cycle; "quadricycle" means a vehicle with four wheels whose unladen mass is not more than 400 kg (550 kg for vehicles intended for carrying goods), not including the mass of batteries in the case of electric vehicles, and whose maximum net engine power does not exceed 15 kW; "registration certificate" means the document which certifies that the vehicle is registered; "registration plate" means a plate or other device displaying the registration mark of a motor vehicle; "relief" means relief from motor vehicle registration tax;

"road" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Authority for Transport in Malta Act;

"third country" means a country other than a Member State; "transfer of residence" means the actual transfer of the ordinary residence of a person from a place outside Malta to a place in Malta with the date of transfer being the date of issue of the Residence Document or the date as declared with the Commissioner for Revenue in the case of Maltese applicants; "Tribunal" means the Administrative Review Tribunal established by the Administration Justice Act.