S.L. 427.74 ст. 2Definitions. Cap. 427. Cap. 427.

For the purposes of these regulations, all the definitions of the Product Safety Act shall apply, and in addition: "accredited body" means a body which is subject to an attestation by a member of the body mentioned in Article 14 of Regulation 765/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance as regards the product certification of reinforcing products in relation to one or more of the technical properties listed in Schedule I;

"accredited document" means a certificate issued by a body which has the approval of an accredited body to issue such certificates; "the Act" means the Product Safety Act;

"the Community" means the European Community;

"European Standard" means a standard issued by a National European Standardisation body, the scope of which includes reinforcing steel or welded fabric; "Member State" means any member State of the Community or in another Contracting State of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Turkey; "national certificate" means a document that is recognised by any member state as being a true declaration of the technical properties of reinforcement products;

"product certification" includes the compliance with the relevant clauses of the product standards and the control of the manufacturing process so as to ensure a consistent level of product quality; "reinforcement products" means each batch of reinforcing steel or welded fabric; "reinforcing steel" means a steel product with a circular or practically circular cross-section which is suitable for the reinforcement of concrete;

"responsible person" means the natural or legal person who manufactures the reinforcement products in Malta or imports the reinforcement products into Malta; "technical properties" include the mechanical properties, dimensions, mass, bond strength, surface geometry, chemical composition and weldability as described in a relevant European Standard;

"welded fabric" means an arrangement of reinforcing steel of the same or different nominal diameter and length that are arranged substantially at right angles to each other and factory electrical resistance welded together by automatic machines at all points of intersection.