S.L. 234.46 ст. 2Interpretation. Cap. 234. Cap. 226.

(1) In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires -''the Act'' means the Merchant Shipping Act;

''Bunkers Convention'' means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage signed in London on 23rd March, 2001, including any amendment or Protocol related thereto as may from time to time be ratified, acceded to or accepted by the Government of Malta and other instruments, standards and specifications of a mandatory nature related thereto adopted or developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO);

''the Minister'' means the Minister responsible for shipping and includes any public officer, or an officer of any body corporate established by law, acting under his authority; ''Registrar-General'' means the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen appointed under article 363 of the Act and includes any person acting under his authority; ''territorial waters of Malta'' shall have the same meaning as is assigned to the term in the Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act.

(2) Unless otherwise defined in the Act or in these regulations, or unless the context so requires, words and expressions used in these regulations shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Bunkers Convention.

(3) Any reference in these regulations to an international convention or its related protocol or code shall include reference to any amendment to such convention, protocol or code accepted by the Government of Malta.