S.L. 480.1 Art. 2Definitions.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

''the Act'' means the Arms Act;

''ammunition'' means that ammunition required for use in a firearm; ''the Commissioner'' means the Commissioner Police;

''Member States'' are those states which are members of the European Union as on the date of the coming into force of these regulations;

''firearm'' has the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Act:

Provided that for the purposes of regulation 7A ''firearm'' shall mean any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is designed to expel or may be converted to expel a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant; ''firearms pass'' is equivalent to a licence in terms of the Act and such pass shall be applicable as between Member States, containing such information as is listed in Schedule II of these regulations;

''possession'', for the purposes of these regulations, is the right of a non-resident national of a Member State to keep, carry and use a firearm in Malta for the purpose indicated in the firearm pass.