(a) In this section -
"approved retirement fund" means a fund which is managed by a qualifying fund manager and which complies with the conditions of section 784B;
"EEA Agreement" means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992, as adjusted by all subsequent amendments to that Agreement;
"EEA state" means a state which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement;
"qualifying fund manager" means -
(a) a person who is a holder of a licence granted under section 9 or an authorisation granted under section 9A of the Central Bank Act 1971, or a person who holds a licence or other similar authorisation under the law of an EEA state, other than the State, or of the United Kingdom, which corresponds to a licence granted under the said section 9,
(b) a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1989, or a society established in accordance with the law of a Member State of the European Union, other than the State, or of the United Kingd
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