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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
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