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581A PDFTitle:DEPOSIT PROTECTION SCHEME (REPRESENTATION ON SCHEME MEMBERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF FINANCIAL PRODUCTS UNDER SCHEME) RULESGazette Number:L.N. 131 of 2010
Section:2Heading:InterpretationVersion Date:01/01/2011


(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires— (L.N. 131 of 2010)
"automated teller machine" (自動櫃員機) means a terminal device, whether installed by a Scheme member or by some other person, which is linked directly or indirectly to a computer system used by a Scheme member and which provides facilities to customers of the Scheme member;
"banking business" (銀行業務) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Banking Ordinance (Cap 155);
"bearer certificate" (不記名證書), in relation to a bearer instrument, means a certificate or other document of title, by which its holder is entitled to the repayment of the loan by its issuer;
"Membership Sign" (成員標誌) means the sign set out in the Schedule;
"relevant place of business" (有關營業地點), in relation to a Scheme member, means any place of business of the Scheme member in Hong Kong, other than any automated teller machine, at which it carries on banking business and to which members of the public ordinarily have physical access for the purposes of that business.
(2) A reference in these Rules to a deposit qualified for protection by the Scheme is to be construed as a deposit denominated in any currency and maintained with a Scheme member, but does not include a deposit specified in section 1(a), (aa), (b), (c) or (d) of Schedule 1 to the Ordinance. (L.N. 131 of 2010)