S.L. 499.38 Art. 2Definitions.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Authority for Transport in Malta Act;

"anchorage zones" means those zones within the ports, internal waters or territorial waters of Malta designated by the Authority wherein vessels are allowed to anchor in order to receive any service from Malta, and includes stopping zones;

"Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta as established by the Act;

"berth" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to "quay" in the Ports Regulations;

"internal waters" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Act;

"length overall of a vessel (LOA)" means the distance between the foreside of the foremost fixed permanent structure and the aftside of the aftermost fixed permanent structure; "operation" means any purpose of call of a vessel at a berth or anchored in an anchorage zone, and it includes cargo handling, passenger operations, bunkering, ship handling, victualling, repairs and crew changes;

"port" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Act;

"territorial waters" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Act;

"vessel" means every description of vessel used in navigation, whether self-propelled or not, and it includes barges, oil rigs, pontoons, floating structures, seaplanes, and any other craft and similar vessels.