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Interpretation· 
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1.—In this Act— 
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“the Minister” means the Minister for Finance; 
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“registered securities” means securities the holders of which are entered in a register; 
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“securities” includes shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock and bonds; 
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“stock exchange transaction” means a sale and purchase of securities in which each of the parties is a member of a stock exchange acting in the ordinary course of his business as such or is acting through the agency of such a member; 
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“stock exchange” means the Cork Stock Exchange, the Dublin Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange which is declared by the Minister by regulations to be a recognised stock exchange for the purposes of this Act. 
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