# The Financial Market Infrastructure Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Rules—
“the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;
“the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
“the 2013 Act” means the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013;
“the Bank” means the Bank of England;
“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales;
“the court”, except in the reference to the County Court in rule 12(3)(l), means the High Court;
“designated service provider” means a company designated under section 112(4) of the 2013 Act;
“the FCA” means the Financial Conduct Authority;
“FMI administration” means the procedure for which provision is made by Part 6 of the 2013 Act (special administration for operators of certain infrastructure systems);
“FMI administration application” means an application by the Bank for an FMI administration order in respect of an infrastructure company;
“the Insolvency Rules” means the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016;
“operator of a securities settlement system” means a company which, in relation to the securities settlement system concerned, is an infrastructure company by virtue of falling within section 112(2)(b) of the 2013 Act;
“Payment Systems Regulator” means the body established under section 40 of the 2013 Act;
“personal service” is a reference to personal service in accordance with Part 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998;
“the PRA” means the Prudential Regulation Authority;
“PRA-authorised person” has the meaning given by section 2B(5) of the 2000 Act; and
“Schedule B1” means Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act.
(2) In these Rules the following expressions have the same meaning as in Part 6 of the 2013 Act—
(a) “FMI administration order”;
(b) “FMI administrator”;
(c) “infrastructure company”;
(d) “operator”, in relation to a recognised payment system;
(e) “recognised payment system”; and
(f) “securities settlement system”.
(3) In these Rules the following expressions have the meaning given in rule 1(2) of the Insolvency Rules—
(a) “Article 1.2 undertaking”;
(b) “deliver” and “deliver to the creditors”;
(c) “enforcement agent”;
(d) “file with the court”;
(e) “IP number”;
(f) “main proceedings”;
(g) “non-EC proceedings”;
(h) “secondary proceedings”
(i) “territorial proceedings”
(j) “venue”; and
(k) “witness statement”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/833/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-market-infrastructure-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.