The Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/1962
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation, commencement and effect

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 31st December 2015.

(2) These Regulations have effect in relation to periods of account beginning on or after 1st January 2016.

(3) But regulations 4 and 6 only apply where the later period begins on or after 1st January 2016.

(4) In paragraph (3), “later period” has the meaning given in section 315(2) of CTA 2009.

Section 2 Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004

The Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004

In regulation 3 (prescribed debits and credits to be brought into account: general) , omit “in an accounting period of the company beginning on or after 1st January 2006”.

Section 4 Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004

In regulation 3A (prescribed debits and credits brought into account over prescribed period) —

(a) for paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) Subject to paragraphs (2A) and (7A), one tenth of the applicable amount must be brought into account for each year in the period of ten years beginning with the later period.

(2A) Where the applicable amounts relate to own credit risk which would be recognised in the company’s accounts as an item of other comprehensive income on the application of the relevant recognition and measurement provisions of International Financial Reporting Standard 9 issued by the International Accounting Standards Board on 24th July 2014, a percentage of the applicable amounts must be brought into account for each year in the period of five years beginning with the later period as follows—

(b) in paragraphs (3) and (4) , after “(2)” insert “or (2A)”,

(c) in paragraph (5) for “paragraphs (7A) and (7B)” substitute “paragraph (7A)”,

(d) in paragraph (7A)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) omit “beginning on or after 1st January 2009”, and

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b),

(e) omit paragraph (7B), and

(f) at the end insert—

(9) In this regulation—

“own credit risk” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes;

“prescribed period” means the period of ten years referred to in paragraph (2) or the period of five years referred to in paragraph (2A).

Section 5 Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004

In regulation 3B (prescribed debits and credits in relation to dormant accounts) —

(a) in paragraphs (2) and (10) for “carrying value” substitute “tax-adjusted carrying value”, and

(b) in paragraph (10)—

(i) for “section 317” substitute “section 465B” , and

(ii) for “regulation 3A(2)” substitute “regulation 3A(9)”.

Section 6 Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004

In regulation 3C (prescribed debits and credits not brought into account) , in paragraph (2) omit sub-paragraph (e).

Section 7 Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004

In regulation 4 (prescribed debits and credits) , in paragraph (1)—

(a) for “in any accounting period of a company beginning on or after 1st January 2005” substitute “which represent an adjustment arising from a change in accounting policy”,

(b) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

(a) section 308 of CTA 2009;

(c) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

(c) section 597 of CTA 2009;

Section 8 Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004

Omit regulation 5 (amounts recognised in determining a company’s profit or loss in relation to held-to-maturity assets).