S.L. 188.4 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 188. 2 [S.L. S.L. 497.07

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Maltese Citizenship Act;

"applicant" means the person who applies or on whose behalf it is being applied to be naturalized as a citizen of Malta under article 10(9)(c) of the Act;

"application" means an application made under these regulations;

"application requirements" means the formal and substantial requirements which each applicant must meet, as set forth in these regulations;

"authenticated translation" means a translation done by either a professional translator who is officially accredited to a court of law, a government agency, an international organization, or similar official institution, or if done in a country where there are no official accredited translators a translation, done by a company whose role or business is professional translation;

"certified copy" means a photocopy of an original document certified to be a true copy of the original by a duly licensed lawyer, a notary public or a Maltese consular or diplomatic officer;

"designated competent body" means the locally registered entity in Malta, specified in the First Schedule, that is capable to determine whether an individual is recognised in a particular field as a leading talent, or has demonstrated exceptional promise and is likely to become a leading talent;

"Evaluation Board", hereinafter referred to as "the Board", means the group of individuals appointed in accordance with these regulations to evaluate applications made under article 10(9)(c) of the

*Repealed by Legal Notice 437 of 2020. See Regulation 31 of the same Legal Notice. 188.04 SERVICES REGULATIONS Act and to prepare a reasoned opinion with regard to each application to be referred to the Minister responsible for Citizenship;

"exceptional" means unusually excellent or manifestly superior at a local level, and refers primarily to contributions by scientists, researchers, athletes, sports people, artists and cultural performers;

"Identity Malta" means the agency established by the Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) Order;

"Minister" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"police certificate" means a certificate of conduct, report or statement from a national law enforcement authority or other public authority in charge of criminal records on the status of an applicant’s criminal record.