12 CFR § 218.100 - Definition.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s218.100"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 218.100 - Definition."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "218.100"
section_name: "Definition."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "218"
part_name: "EXCEPTIONS FOR BANKS FROM THE DEFINITION OF BROKER IN THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (REGULATION R)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(4)(F)."
regulatory_source: "Reg. R, 72 FR 56554, Oct. 3, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "218"
---


# 218.100 Definition.

For purposes of this part the following definition shall apply: *Act* means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a *et seq.*).