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Version date: 1 October 2010 - onwards
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2. Interpretation.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act of 1942" means the Central Bank Act, 1942;

"the Act of 1971" means the Central Bank Act, 1971;

"the Act of 1989" means the Central Bank Act, 1989;

"the Bank" means the Central Bank of Ireland;

"Central Bank Acts" means the Central Bank Act 1942 as amended from time to time, and includes all Acts that are to be construed together with that Act as one Act;

"contravene" includes fail to comply;

"the Court" means the High Court;

"credit institution" has the meaning assigned to it by the Regulations of 1992;

"designated enactment" means an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Central Bank Act 1942;