The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for subsection (1) of section 2:

"(1) In the Credit Union Acts 1997 to 2012 -

‘Act of 1966’ means the Credit Union Act 1966;

‘Advisory Committee’ means the committee established under section 180;

‘amendment’, in relation to the rules of a credit union, includes a new rule, and a resolution rescinding a rule, of the credit union;

‘annual accounts’ has the meaning given by section 111(6);

‘annual general meeting’ has the meaning given by section 78(1);

‘annual return’ means the annual return which a credit union is required by section 124 to send to the Bank;

‘Bank’ means the Central Bank of Ireland;

‘board of directors’ means the body which has general control, direction and management of a credit union and to which section 53 relates;

‘board oversight committee’ has the meaning given by section 76L;

‘books and documents’ includes accounts and records made in any manner, and ‘books or documents’ shall be construed accordingly;

‘business continuity’ and ‘business continuity plan’ have the meanings given to them, respectively, by section 76I;

‘chair’ has the meaning given by section 55A(2);

‘civil partner’ has the same meaning as it has in the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

‘cohabitant’ has the same meaning as it has in the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

‘common bond’ means a common bond falling within section 6(3);