In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:  

"the Act" means the Act of the member States of the European Communities concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage annexed to Decision 76/787/ ECSE, EEC, Euratom published in the Official Journal of the European Union, as from time to time amended;  

"competent authority" means the body in a Member State charged with the conduct of elections of members of the European Parliament and the registration of voters therefor; the competent authority shall be the contact point to receive and transmit the information necessary for the application of the provisions of Article 6(3) of Directive 93/109/EC;

"election of members of the European Parliament" means elections of members of the European Parliament held in accordance with, and pursuant to, the Act and the Treaty;

"Electoral Commission" means the Electoral Commission established by article 60 of the Constitution;  

"Electoral Register" means the Electoral Register published in accordance with the provisions of the General Elections Act;

"Electoral Roll" in relation to Malta means the Electoral Register and the European Union Electoral Register and in relation to other Member States means the official register of all voters entitled to vote in a particular constituency or locality, drawn up and kept up to date by the competent authority under the applicable electoral law of the Member State or the population register where such register indicates eligibility to vote;

"European Parliament" means the European Parliament referred to in the Treaty;

"European Union" means the European Union referred to in the Treaty;

"European Union Electoral Register" means the register of voters kept in accordance with articles 11 to 14;

"Home Member State" means the Member State of which a person is a national;

"Member State" means a State which is a member of the European Union;

"the Treaty" has the same meaning assigned to it in article 2 of the European Union Act.