S.L. 104.6 ст. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

"EEA State" means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on the 2nd May, 1992 and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on the 17th March, 1993, and at all times shall include the State of Malta;

"European insurance policy" means an insurance policy issued in an EEA State fulfilling the requirements of Article 3 of the first motor insurance directive where the territory in which the vehicle the use of which is insured, is normally based is an EEA State other than Malta; "first motor insurance directive" means Council Directive 72/ 166/EEC of the 24th April, 1972 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability; "fourth motor insurance directive" means the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council of the 16th May, 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC and 88/357/ EEC (No. 2000/26/EC);

"foreign information centre" means a person or body established or approved as an information centre in an EEA State other than Malta by virtue of Article 5(1) of the fourth motor insurance directive; "information centre" means the Motor Insurance Information Centre;

"Malta insurance policy" means a policy of insurance (including a covering note) covering the use of a vehicle on a road or other public place in Malta which fulfils the requirements prescribed in the Ordinance; "the Motor Insurance Information Centre" means the Motor Insurance Information Centre established within the Authority for Transport in Malta;

"the Ordinance" means the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third-Party Risks) Ordinance;

"registered owner" in relation to a vehicle means the person, whether as an individual or in representation of a company, partnership or cooperative society, in whose name a motor vehicle is registered; "subscribing State" means a State other than an EEA State whose national insurer’s bureau as defined in Article 1(3) of the first motor insurance directive has joined the Green Card System;

"vehicle" means any motor vehicle intended for travel on land and propelled by mechanical power, but not running on rails, and any trailer, whether or not coupled. Part II

THE MOTOR INSURANCE INFORMATION CENTRE