Finance Act 2002

Qualifying contracts to which company ceases to be party before commencement day

2(1)This paragraph applies if the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) are satisfied in relation to any contract of a company.

(2)The first condition is that the company was a party to a qualifying contract (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1994) before its commencement day, but is not a party to it on that commencement day.

(3)The second condition is that, if the company had been a party to the contract on its commencement day, the contract would have been a derivative contract.

(4)To the extent that amounts have been brought into account in computing, in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1994, the profits or losses accruing to the company from the contract in an old period of the company, they shall not be brought into account again by the company as credits or debits given in respect of that contract for the first new period or any subsequent accounting period of the company by Schedule 26.