In this Part—
“bank” means—
the Bank of England,
a person within section 840A(1)(b) of ICTA, or
a firm within section 840A(1)(c) of that Act,
“capital redemption policy” means a contract made in the course of capital redemption business (as defined in section 431(2ZF) of ICTA),
“contract of insurance” has the meaning given by section 431(2) of ICTA,
“contract of long-term insurance” has the meaning given by section 431(2) of ICTA,
“depositary receipt”, in relation to shares (as defined in this section), has the same meaning as it has in Part 4 of FA 1986 in relation to shares (within the meaning of that Part),
“designated” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes,
“equity instrument” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes,
“fair value”, in relation to a derivative contract of a company, means the amount which, at the time as at which the value is to be determined, is the amount which the company would obtain from or, as the case may be, would have to pay to an independent person dealing at arm’s length for—
the transfer of the company’s rights under the contract, and
the release of all the company’s liabilities under it,
“fair value accounting” means a basis of accounting under which assets and liabilities are shown in the company’s balance sheet at their fair value,
“financial trader” means—
a person who—
is within section 31(1)(a), (b) or (c) of FISMA 2000, and
has permission under that Act to carry on one or more of the activities specified in Article 14 and, in so far as it applies to that Article, Article 64 of the Financial Services and Markets Act (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544), or
a person not within paragraph (a) who is approved by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for the purposes of this section,
“income statement” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes,
“intangible fixed asset” has the same meaning as in Part 8 (intangible fixed assets), and sections 804 to 807 and 809 (assets wholly excluded from that Part) (and sections 800 to 802 so far as they relate to those sections) apply for the purposes of this Part as they apply for the purposes of that Part,
“open-ended investment company” has the meaning given by section 468A(2) of ICTA,
“profit-sharing arrangements”, in relation to a firm, has the meaning given by section 1262(4) (allocation of firm’s profits or losses between partners),
“shares”, in relation to a company, means any shares in the company under which an entitlement to receive distributions may arise, including—
a depositary receipt for shares under which such an entitlement may arise, and
in the case of a company which has no share capital, any interests in the company possessed by members of the company,
“statement of changes in equity” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes,
“statement of comprehensive income” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes,
“statement of income and retained earnings” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes,
“statement of recognised income and expense” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes,
“statement of total recognised gains and losses” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes, and
“warrant” means an instrument which entitles the holder to subscribe for—
shares in a company, or
assets representing a loan relationship of a company,
whether or not the shares or assets exist or are identifiable.