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Finance Act 1996

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103Interpretation of Chapter

(1)In this Chapter—

  • “authorised accounting method”, “authorised accruals basis of accounting” and “authorised mark to market basis of accounting” shall be construed in accordance with section 85 above;

  • “creditor relationship”, in relation to a company, means any loan relationship of that company in the case of which it stands in the position of a creditor as respects the debt in question;

  • “debt” includes a debt the amount of which falls to be ascertained by reference to matters which vary from time to time;

  • “debtor relationship”, in relation to a company, means any loan relationship of that company in the case of which it stands in the position of a debtor as respects the debt in question;

  • “gilt-edged securities” means any securities which—

    (a)

    are gilt-edged securities for the purposes of the [1992 c. 12.] Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992; or

    (b)

    will be such securities on the making of any order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to that Act the making of which is anticipated in the prospectus under which they are issued;

  • “an independent person” means a knowledgeable and willing party dealing at arm’s length;

  • “international organisation” means an organisation of which two or more sovereign powers, or the governments of two or more sovereign powers, are members;

  • “loan” includes any advance of money, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

  • “money” shall be construed in accordance with section 81(6) above and subsection (5) below;

  • “money debt” shall be construed in accordance with section 81(2) above;

  • “non-trading credit” and “non-trading debit” shall be construed in accordance with section 82(3) above;

  • “retail prices index” has the same meaning as it has, by virtue of section 833(2) of the Taxes Act 1988, in the Income Tax Acts;

  • “share”, in relation to a company, means any share in the company under which an entitlement to receive distributions may arise.

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter a company shall be taken to be a party to a creditor relationship for the purposes of a trade carried on by that company only if it is a party to that relationship in the course of activities forming an integral part of that trade.

(3)For the purposes of this Chapter, and of so much of any other enactment as contains provision by reference to which amounts fall to be brought into account for the purposes of this Chapter, activities carried on by a company in the course of—

(a)any mutual trading, or

(b)any mutual insurance or other mutual business which is not life assurance business (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part XII of the Taxes Act 1988),

shall be deemed not to constitute the whole or any part of a trade.

(4)If, in any proceedings, any question arises whether a person is an international organisation for the purposes of any provision of this Chapter, a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Secretary of State stating any fact relevant to that question shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.

(5)For the purposes of this Chapter the European currency unit (as for the time being defined in Council Regulation No. 3180/78/EEC or in any Community instrument replacing it) shall be taken to be a currency other than sterling.

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