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Article 494 Interpretation of the 1995 Regulations
(1) In regulation 2(1) of the Credit Institutions (Protection of Depositors) Regulations 1995 -
(a) the definitions of "the 1987 Act", "the 1992 Regulations", "the commencement date", "the Commission", "the Deposit Protection Board", "the deposit protection scheme", "the Investor Protection Board", "the investor protection scheme", "nonEEA institution" and "UK scheme" are revoked;
(b) after the definition of "the 1986 Act", insert -
""the 2000 Act" means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 [2000 c. 8.];";
(c) after the definition of "the Authority", insert -
""the Banking Consolidation Directive" has the same meaning as in the 2000 Act;";
(d) for the definition of "EEA institution", substitute -
""EEA institution" means an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to the 2000 Act which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12(1) of that Schedule) to accept deposits;";
(e) after the definition of "EEA State", insert -
""Financial Services Compensation Scheme" means the Financial Services Compensation Scheme referred to in section 213(2) of the 2000 Act;