The Forth Ports Authority Scheme 1992 Confirmation Order 1992

Transitional provisions with respect to reserves, etc

7.—(1) For the purposes of any statutory accounts of the Successor Company, the value of any asset and the amount of any liability transferred to the Successor Company under section 2 or 7 of the 1991 Act shall be taken to be the pre-transfer value of that asset or (as the case may be) the pre- transfer amount of that liability.

(2) An amount equal to the accumulated realised profits of the Authority at the transfer date shall be treated as accumulated realised profits of the Successor Company.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above, for the purposes of any statutory accounts of the Successor Company the amount to be included in respect of any item shall be determined as if anything done by the Authority (whether by way of acquiring, revaluing or disposing of any asset or incurring, revaluing or discharging any liability, or by carrying any amount to any provision or reserve, or otherwise) had been done by the Successor Company.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above the pre-transfer value of an asset or (as the case may be) the pre-transfer amount of a liability is—

(a) in the case of an asset or liability transferred under section 2 of the 1991 Act, the value or (as the case may be) the amount which would have been assigned to that asset or liability for the purposes of the last statement of accounts prepared by the Authority under section 42 of the Harbours Act 1964 before the transfer date if the accounting year of the Authority dealt with in that statement of accounts had ended immediately before the transfer date; and

(b) in the case of an asset or liability transferred under section 7 of the 1991 Act, the value or (as the case may be) the amount assigned to that asset or liability for the purposes of the last statement of accounts prepared by the Authority in pursuance of paragraph 6 above.

(5) Any reference in this paragraph to the statutory accounts of the Successor Company is a reference to—

(a) any accounts prepared by that company for the purposes of any provision of the Companies Act 1985, including group accounts; and

(b) any statement of accounts prepared by the Successor Company under section 42 of the Harbours Act 1964.