# The Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) Regulations 1998, Paragraph 1: General rules

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The consolidated income and expenditure account and the consolidated balance sheet shall—
(a) incorporate in full the information contained in the individual accounts of the subsidiary undertakings included in the consolidation, subject to the adjustments authorised or required by the following provisions of this Schedule and to such other adjustments (if any) as may be appropriate in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or practice; and
(b) comply so far as practicable with the provisions of Schedule 5 (except paragraphs 4 to 11, 13, 14(3)(b) and 35 thereof) and Schedule 7 as if the undertakings included in the consolidation were a single society.
(2) If the financial year of a subsidiary undertaking included in the consolidation does not end with that of the society, the group accounts shall be made up—
(a) from the accounts of the subsidiary undertaking for its financial year last ending before the end of the society’s financial year, provided that year ended no more than three months before that of the society; or
(b) from interim accounts prepared by the subsidiary undertaking as at the end of the parent society’s financial year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/504/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-accounts-and-related-provisions-regulations-1998/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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