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  1. 71235(1) (except in DISP) (in accordance with regulation 2(1) of the Payment Service Regulations) any of the following persons when they carry out a payment service:
    1. (a) an authorised payment institution;
    2. (b) a small payment institution;
    3. (c) an EEA authorised payment institution;
    4. (d) a full credit institution;
    5. (e) an e-money issuer;
    6. (f) the Post Office Limited;
    7. (g) the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the national central banks of EEA States other than the United Kingdom, other than when acting in their capacity as a monetary authority or carrying out other functions of a public nature; and
    8. (h) government departments and local authorities, other than when carrying out functions of a public nature.
    [Note: article 1(1) of the Payment Services Directive]
  2. (2) (in DISP )as in (1) but excluding a full credit institution and an e-money firm.