S.L. 234.32 ст. 2Interpretation.

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

"Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act;

''Annex I'' means Annex I to the MARPOL Convention including appendices thereto; ''Annex II'' means Annex II to the MARPOL Convention including appendices thereto; ''Annex III'' means Annex III to the MARPOL Convention including the appendix thereto; ''Annex VI'' means Annex VI to the MARPOL Convention including appendices thereto; ''appropriate inspector'' shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in article 154 of the Act; ''Maltese waters'' shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act; ''MARPOL Convention'' means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, signed in London on 2nd November, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto signed in London on 17th February, 1978; ''Protocol I'' means Protocol I to the MARPOL Convention.

(2) Any reference in these regulations, but in particular in regulation 4(1), to a convention, protocol or annex shall include reference to any amendment to such convention, protocol or annex as from time to time may be ratified, acceded to or accepted by the Government of Malta, and where the context allows, it shall include also reference to any other instruments, standards and specifications of a mandatory nature related thereto as may from time to time be adopted or developed by the International Maritime Organisation or in terms of regulation 4(2)(a).

(3) Unless otherwise defined in these regulations or unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in these regulations shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the MARPOL Convention or in Protocol I, or in Annex I or in Annex II, or in Annex III, or in Annex VI, as the case may be.

(4) The terms ''Administration'' and ''the competent authority of the Government of a Party'' as used in Annex I or in Annex II or in Annex VI shall, with reference to Malta, and where the context so requires, for the purposes of these regulations, mean the Registrar-General.

(5) In Annex I or in Annex II, or in Annex VI, any reference to ''nominated surveyor'', ''persons or organisations duly authorized by the Administration'' or ''recognized organization'' shall, for the purposes of these regulations, with reference to Malta and where the context so requires, be construed as reference to a surveyor of ships or an organisation or body of surveyors appointed in terms of article 367 of the Act, and duly authorized by the Registrar-General.