41(1) This paragraph applies where an entity does not prepare financial statements (consolidated or otherwise) for a period (“ the relevant period ”). U.K.
(2)If the relevant period is 12 months or less, this Schedule (apart from this paragraph) applies as if that period were a period of account of the entity.
(3)If the relevant period is more than 12 months, this Schedule (apart from this paragraph) applies as if each period to which sub-paragraph (4) applies were a period of account of the entity.
(4)This sub-paragraph applies to a period if—
(a)it is the first period of 12 months falling within the relevant period, or
(b)it begins immediately after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (a) and ends at the end of the relevant period.
(5)Sub-paragraph (6) applies if, at the end of a period of 36 months beginning with a relevant date, an entity has not prepared financial statements for a period which begins with that date.
(6)The entity is to be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as not having prepared financial statements for that period or, if that period exceeds 24 months, for the first 24 months of that period.
(7) “ Relevant date ” means—
(a)1 January 2011,
(b)the first day after a period, ending on or after that date, for which the entity has prepared financial statements, or
(c)the first day after a period for which the company is treated under sub-paragraph (6) as not having prepared financial statements.