For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(a) "review period" means the period under review beginning on the day following the end of the previous review and evaluation period;

(b) "settlement instruction" means a transfer order as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) Regulations 1999;

(c) "settlement restriction" means the blocking, reservation or earmarking of securities that make them unavailable for settlement, or the blocking or reservation of cash that make it unavailable for settlement;

(d) "exchange-traded fund" (ETF) means a fund as defined in Article 2(1)(26) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;

(e) "issuer CSD" means a CSD which provides the core service referred to in point 1 or 2 of Section A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 in relation to a securities issue;