S.L. 499.37 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"apparatus" means any equipment and other infrastructure and includes any structure intended for the lodging therein, or the placing thereon, any apparatus or for gaining access to any apparatus; "the Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established under the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; "locality" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by the Local Government Act; "national operator" means any person or undertaking, other than the Authority, who has in place any apparatus in, on or over roads in a minimum of fifty different localities within Malta;

"operator" means any person or undertaking, apart from the Authority, who is the owner of apparatus which is installed in, on or over any road; "quarter" means any period of three months ending on the 31st March, the 30th June, the 30th September or the 31st December; "relevant year" means any year during which fees are to be paid to the Authority; "right of way" means the non-exclusive right to place or retain any apparatus in, on or over a road and to inspect, maintain, adjust, repair, alter or renew the said apparatus or remove it and execute for such purposes any works required for, or incidental to, such works; "road" has the meaning assigned to it by the Authority for Transport in Malta Act.