- account manager
has the meaning given in the 1998 Regulations;
- annual statement
means a statement which— (a) is for the calendar year ending with 31st December immediately preceding the issue of the statement;
- approved
means approved by the Director of Savings;
- bond
means a premium savings bond issued by the Treasury through the department of the Postmaster General or under the auspices of the Director of Savings, for the purpose of raising money under section 1 of the National Loans Act 1939 or section 12 of the National Loans Act 1968;
- cash payment advice
means, in relation to a withdrawal to be made by payment in cash, an advice in writing in the approved form setting out the amount to be withdrawn, the savings bank office at which the payment is to be made, the name of the payee and any evidence required by the Director of Savings under regulation 46;
- certificate
means a certificate issued under the name of a war savings certificate or a national savings certificate by the Treasury through the department of the Postmaster General or under the auspices of the Director of Savings for the purpose of raising money authorised to be raised by any Act;
- charitable society
means a penny savings bank, or a charitable or provident institution or society, and includes a charitable donation or bequest for the maintenance, education, or benefit of the poor;
- declaration in the approved form
means the declaration by a depositor required under regulation 6;
- deposit
means a deposit in the National Savings Bank, including part of a deposit as the context requires;
- depositor
means a person in whose name deposits have been made in the National Savings Bank;
- Direct ISA
means an individual savings account for which terms and conditions have been set under section 9A(1) of the 1971 Act;
- electronic transfer
means transferring money by electronic or automated processes, which do not involve the delivery or collection of a payable instrument or the delivery of cash, to a bank or building society account to which payment is capable of being made by those processes;
- friendly society
means a friendly society (or a branch of that society) registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 and a reference to an incorporated friendly society means a society incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992;
- individual savings account
means an account of investment deposits made under regulation 25;
- interim statement
means a statement which— (a) is for the period of less than 12 months beginning with 1st January and ending with the day before the day on which the statement is issued;
- investment deposit
has the same meaning as in the 1971 Act;
- junior ISA account
means an individual savings account which comes within the meaning of “junior ISA account” in regulation 2B of the 1998 Regulations;
- multiple trustee application
means an application—
- nomination
means a nomination— directing that, on death, the nominator’s interest devolve on one or more persons (the “nominee” or “nominees”) according to the manner specified in the nomination.
- ordinary deposit
has the same meaning as in the 1971 Act;
- person who lacks capacity
means a person who lacks capacity within the meaning given by (or in) the Mental Capacity Act 2005;
- relevant ISA
means an individual savings account other than a Direct ISA.
- savings bank
means the National Savings Bank;
- savings bank business
means the receipt and repayment of deposits in the National Savings Bank and business incidental to such receipt and repayment;
- savings bank office
means a place at which savings bank business is transacted;
- society
includes an unincorporated body of persons.
- stock
means stock or securities registered in the register;
- the 1971 Act
means the National Savings Bank Act 1971;
- the 1998 Regulations
means the Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998;
- the Commissioners
means the National Debt Commissioners;
- Treasury security
means a security issued by the Treasury under the auspices of the Director of Savings for the purpose of raising money under the National Loans Act 1968;
- Treasury Solicitor
means the Solicitor for the affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury;
- will
includes a codicil.