(1) In these Regulations -

"adverse assessment" means an assessment in which the assessor has decided that the assessee is committing or has committed a prescribed contravention;

"assessee" means a person the subject of an assessment;

"assessment" means an assessment referred to in Regulation 23;

"assessor" means an assessor appointed by the Bank under Regulation 23;

"authorised officer" means a person appointed as an authorised officer by the Bank under Regulation 6;

"Bank" means Central Bank of Ireland;

"central counterparty" has the meaning assigned to "CCP" in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation 648/2012;