"participant"
means a person authorised by a licensed central securities depository to perform custody and administration services or settlement services or both, in terms of the depository rules, and includes an external participant, where appropriate;
[Definition deleted by section 290, item 1(t) of Schedule 4, of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017), Notice No. 853, GG 41060, dated 22 August 2017 - effective 9 February 2018 (Notice No. R. 99, GG 41433, dated 9 February 2018)]