57A.—(1) In this Part and Schedule 5—

"affected person" means a person whose interests are directly or indirectly affected by an appealable decision;

"appeal" means an appeal under this Part;

F540["appealable decision" means a decision of the Bank that is declared by a provision of this Act, a designated enactment, a designated statutory instrument or the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025 (in so far as that Act is not a designated enactment), to be an appealable decision for the purposes of this Part;]

"appellant" means a person who has lodged an appeal;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Appeals Tribunal;

"Deputy Chairperson" means the Deputy Chairperson of the Appeals Tribunal;

"lay member" means a member of the Appeals Tribunal other than the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson;

"member" means a member of the Appeals Tribunal;

"party", in relation to proceedings before the Appeals Tribunal, means either the appellant or the F541[Bank] as respondent;

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Appeals Tribunal;

"the rules" means rules of the Appeals Tribunal made and in force under section 57AI.

(2) F542[…]

(3) F542[…]

F543[(2)] For the purposes of this Part, a decision made by a member of the F541[Bank] or by any person acting under the authority of F541[the Bank] is taken to be a decision of F541[the Bank].]

F544[(3) For the purposes of this Part, an appealable decision does not include a decision of the ECB pursuant to the SSM Regulation.]

F545[(4) For the purposes of this Part, an appealable decision does not include a decision of the SRB pursuant to the SRM Regulation.]