Annex: Territorial Application to Wales and Functions of the Welsh Ministers Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Terms used in the Notes
Audit Commission: the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England.
	Baseline allocations: a recurrent amount of funding that represents the cash-limited allocation that PCTs/Local Health Boards receive to enable them to commission healthcare for their population.
	The Commission: the Care Quality Commission, established by section 1 of the Act.
	Contributions and Benefits Act: the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.  4).
	The Convention: the European Convention on Human Rights.
	The Councils: the GSCC and the CCW.
	Global Sum: the sum that pays fees and allowances for the provision of NHS pharmaceutical services.
	Health Care Professions Act 2002: the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c.  17).
	Liable relatives rule: set out in sections 42 and 43 of the National Assistance Act 1948 and in various other provisions mentioned in section 147(1).  The liable relatives rule provides that spouses are liable to maintain each other and parents are liable to maintain their children.
	Mental Health Act: the Mental Health Act 1983 (c.  20).
	Monitor: the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts.
	National Information Governance Board: National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care established by the new section 250A inserted in the NHS Act 2006 by section 157 of this Act.
	Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act: the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c.  7).
	Public Health Act 1984: the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c.  22).
	Social enterprise: businesses with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community.