ANNEX A:: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ATMs – Automated Teller Machines
	Bacs – Bankers’ Automated Clearing Services
	BAO – Bank Administration Order
	BCA – Bank Charter Act 1844
	BCD – Banking Consolidation Directive
	BERR – Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
	BIS - Bank for International Settlements
	BSPA/ SPA  - Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008
	CHAPS – Clearing House Automated Payment System
	CDDA – Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
	CPSS – Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems
	ECA – European Communities Act 1972
	ECB – European Central Bank
	ECHR – European Convention on Human Rights
	EA – Enterprise Act 2002
	FSA – Financial Services Authority
	FSCS –Financial Services Compensation Scheme
	FSC  – Financial Stability Committee
	FSMA – Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
	HMRC – Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
	HMT – Her Majesty’s Treasury
	MPC – Monetary Policy Committee
	NLA – National Loans Act
	NLF – National Loans Fund
	RTGSS - Real Time Gross Settlement System
	SFD – Settlement Finality Directive
	SRA – Special Resolution Authority
	SRR – Special Resolution Regime
	TARP – Troubled Asset Recovery Program
	The Tripartite/ The Authorities – The Treasury, FSA and Bank of England
	The 1845 legislation – Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845 and the Bankers (Northern Ireland) Act 1928