(1) In these Regulations -
"Bank" means the Central Bank of Ireland;
"EC Cross Border Payments Regulation" means Regulation (EU) No. 2021/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 14 July 2021 [OJ No. L274, 30.07.2021, p. 20];
"Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman" means the person holding office as such under the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (No. 22);
"Member State" means a Member State of the European Communities and includes a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992 [OJ L 1, 3 January 1994, p. 3.] (as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993 [OJ L 1, 3 January 1994, p. 572.]), as amended from time to time.
(2) A word or expression used in the EC Cross Border Payments Regulation and also used in these Regulations has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the EC Cross Border Payments Regulation.