Article -1 Interpretation

1. (1)

   Where a term is defined in Directive 2014/65/EU that term shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation except where (2) or (3) applies;

2. (2)

   Subject to (3), where a term is defined in the Data Reporting Services Regulations 2017, that definition shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation.

3. (3)

   Where a term it is defined in article 2 of Regulation 600/2014/EU, as amended by the Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, that definition shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation.

4. (4)

   ‘Information system’ means a device or group of inter-connected or related devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a programme, automatically processes computer data, as well as computer data stored, processed, retrieved or transmitted by that device or group of devices for the purpose of its or their operation, use, protection and maintenance.

‘Computer data’, for these purposes, means a representation of facts, information or concepts in a form suitable for processing in an information system, including a programme suitable for causing an information system to perform a function.