S.L. 234.23 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, or it is otherwise expressly provided -

''Act'' means the Merchant Shipping Act;

''international owner'' means -

(a) either a foreign corporate body or other entity which enjoys to the satisfaction of the Registrar-General legal personality in terms of the law under which it has been established or constituted and which has satisfied the Registrar-General that it can and will ensure due observance of the laws of Malta relating to merchant shipping; or

(b) a citizen of the European Union or of the European Economic Area or of Switzerland or of the United Kingdom not residing in Malta: For the purposes of these regulations, ‘residing in Malta’ shall mean a citizen of a Member State of the European Union or of the European Economic Area or of Switzerland or of the United Kingdom resident in Malta as may be established by documentary evidence; ''prescribed form'' means the form prescribed by the Registrar-General or as near thereto as circumstances permit. Part I