(1) In this Act -
"Act of 1942" means the Central Bank Act 1942;
"Act of 1963" means the Companies Act 1963;
"Act of 1971" means the Central Bank Act 1971;
"Act of 2008" means the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008;
"Act of 2010" means the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010;
"articles of association" includes - (a) in the case of a credit institution that is established by charter, its bye-laws, (b) in the case of a credit institution that is a credit union, its rules, and (c) in the case of a credit institution that is a building society, its rules;
"Assessor" has the meaning given by section 36;
"authorised credit institution" means a credit union;
"Bank" means the Central Bank of Ireland;
"bridge-bank" has the meaning given by section 17;
"building society" means a building society incorporated under the Building Societies Act 1989, or deemed pursuant to section 124(2) of that Act to be so incorporated;
"charge" includes - (a) a mortgage, judgment
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