S.L. 473.6 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 473. S.L. 473.05 S.L. 504.72

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

''the Act'' means the Eco-Contribution Act; ''approving body'' means the body constituted in terms of the Eco-Contribution (Exemptions) Regulations; ''authorised packaging waste recovery scheme'' or ''scheme'' shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Waste

Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations; ''the Minister'' means the Minister responsible for waste management and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any person, including any approving body, authorised in that behalf for any purpose of the Act;

''recovery rate'' in terms of Schedule 2 means the percentage of waste recovered as a percentage of the total waste resulting from products shown in Schedule 1 and placed on the market by a producer; ''recovery of waste'' or ''recovery'' means the recovery and collection of waste from the market by delivery to a waste recovery facility for the subsequent re-use, recycling or reclamation thereof between the 1st January 2005 and the 31st December 2008; ''waste recovery facility'' means a waste recovery facility approved by the relevant competent authority engaged in the recovery of waste on a commercial basis in Malta or outside Malta.

(2) Any term not defined in these regulations shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Act.