S.L. 460.24 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Order:

"critical infrastructure" or "CI" means an asset, system or part thereof located in Malta which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people, and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State as a result of the failure to maintain those functions;

"Department" means the Critical Infrastructure Protection Department established by article 3;

"the Directive" means Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection, as may be amended from time to time; "European critical infrastructure" or "ECI" means critical infrastructure located in Malta the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact on at least two Member States. The significance of the impact shall be assessed in terms of cross-cutting criteria which shall include effects resulting from cross-sector dependencies on other types of infrastructure;

"Member State" means a Member State of the European Union; "owners or operators of CIs" means those entities responsible for investments in, and, or day-to-day operation of, a particular asset, system or part thereof designated as a CI or an ECI under this Order; "protection" means all activities aimed at ensuring the functionality, continuity and integrity of critical infrastructures in order to deter, mitigate and neutralise a threat, risk or vulnerability;

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 5 of 2026. (IDENTIFICATION, DESIGNATION AND PROTECTION)

"risk analysis" means consideration of relevant threat scenarios in order to assess the vulnerability and the potential impact of disruption or destruction of critical infrastructure;

"sensitive critical infrastructure protection related information" means facts about a critical infrastructure, which if disclosed could be used to plan and act with a view to causing disruption or destruction of critical infrastructure installations;