Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010
F184[Interpretation
85A.—(1) In this Part —
“BIC” has the same meaning as it has in point (16) of Article 2 of the SEPA Regulation;
“cross-border payment” shall be construed in accordance with section 85B;
“‘home Member State” has the same meaning as it has in point (1) of Article 4 of the Payment Services Directive;
“IBAN” has the same meaning as it has in point (15) of Article 2 of the SEPA Regulation;
“payee” has the same meaning as it has in point (9) of Article 4 of the Payment Services Directive;
“payer” has the same meaning as it has in point (8) of Article 4 of the Payment Services Directive;
“payment account” has the same meaning as it has in point (15) of Article 2 of the SEPA Regulation;
“Payment Services Directive”means Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 20153 on payment services in the internal market, amending Directives 2002/65/EC, 2009/110/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, and repealing Directive 2007/64/EC;
“payment service provider” means any of the categories of payment service providers listed in points (a) to (d) of Article 1(1) of the Payment Services Directive or a natural or legal person benefiting from an exemption in accordance with Article 32 of that Directive;
“payment service” means any of the business activities set out in points (3) to (6) of Annex I to the Payment Services Directive;
“payment” means, subject to the exclusions provided for in Article 3 of the Payment Services Directive, a "payment transaction" as defined in point (5) of Article 4 of that Directive or a "money remittance" as defined in point (22) of Article 4 of that Directive;
“SEPA Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 20124 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 248/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 20145 .
(2) Other than a word or expression defined in subsection (1), a word or expression which is used in this Part and is also used in Section 2a of Chapter 4 of Title XI of the VAT Directive, has unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in this Part as it has in that Section of the VAT Directive.]
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Inserted (1.01.2024) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 650 of 2023), reg. 3, in effect as per reg. 2.