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Part 3Central bank functions
Regulating bank note handling machines

159Interpretation in this subpart

  1. In this subpart,—

    bank note handling machine means a machine that—

    1. automatically does any 1 or more of accepting, counting, sorting, or dispensing bank notes issued by the Bank; and
      1. determines, without human assistance, either or both of the following:
        1. whether a note handled by the machine is, in fact, a bank note issued by the Bank:
          1. whether a bank note is at least of a minimum quality so as to be fit to be used or to be circulated as currency

          operator means an operator of a bank note handling machine

            prepare for sale includes activities in connection with collating bank notes for sale

              standards means standards issued under this subpart.