2011 No. 2912
The Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011
Made
Laid before the House of Commons
Coming into force
The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 328(4), 598(1) and 606(4) of the Corporation Tax Act 20091.
Citation, commencement and effect1
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These Regulations may be cited as the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011 and shall come into force at 11.45 a.m. on 6th December 2011.
2
These Regulations have effect in relation to shares, ships or aircraft which are matched on or after that date in accordance with regulations 3 or 4 of the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) Regulations 20042.
Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) Regulations 20042
The Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows.
Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)3
In regulation 2 (interpretation), after paragraph (3) insert—
3A
For the purposes of these Regulations, a liability representing a loan relationship or a derivative contract is treated as matched with shares, ships or aircraft from the date that, and to the extent that, either condition 1 or 2 of regulation 3(3) or 4(3) are satisfied.
Amendment of regulation 3 (exchange gains or losses arising from liabilities or assets hedging shares etc)4
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In regulation 3 (exchange gains or losses arising from liabilities or assets hedging shares etc), after paragraph (1) insert—
1ZA
But where the matched shares, ships or aircraft are matched after the company became party to the loan relationship, paragraph (1) only applies to a just and reasonable proportion of any exchange gain or loss having regard to—
a
the fraction of the accounting period for which the shares, ships or aircraft are matched with the loan relationship,
b
the fraction of the accounting period for which the company was party to the loan relationship, and
c
fluctuations in exchange rates during the accounting period.
2
In paragraph (3), in condition 1 omit “for the accounting period,”.
Amendment of regulation 4 (exchange gains or losses arising from derivative contracts hedging shares etc)5
1
In regulation 4 (exchange gains or losses arising from derivative contracts hedging shares etc), after paragraph (1) insert—
1A
But where the matched shares, ships or aircraft are matched after the company became party to the derivative contract, paragraph (1) only applies to a just and reasonable proportion of any exchange gain or loss having regard to—
a
the fraction of the accounting period for which the shares, ships or aircraft are matched with the derivative contract,
b
the fraction of the accounting period for which the company was party to the derivative contract, and
c
fluctuations in exchange rates during the period.
2
In paragraph (3), in condition 1 omit “for the accounting period,”.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)