3U.K.In section 77 of the Airports Act 1986 (taxation provisions), for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(3)For the purposes of Part VI of the M1Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (company distributions) and Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships), any debentures of the company issued in pursuance of section 4 shall be treated as having been issued for new consideration equal to the principal sum payable under the debenture.”