Amendment to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) Regulations 20045

In regulation 4 after paragraph (4) insert—

4A

For the purposes of paragraph 16(3A) of Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2002 there is prescribed an exchange gain or loss arising to a company in an accounting period in relation to a derivative contract of the company which is matched with the whole or part of any share capital of the company.

4B

A derivative contract is matched with share capital in particular where for the accounting period of the company immediately preceding the first accounting period beginning on or after 1st January 2005—

a

exchange gains and losses on the derivative contract were taken to a reserve; and

b

set off there against exchange gains and losses on the share capital.