{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-accounts-and-related-provisions-regulations-1998/schedule-7/paragraph-20A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-accounts-and-related-provisions-regulations-1998/schedule-7/paragraph-20A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/504",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-accounts-and-related-provisions-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/20A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20A",
  "heading": "General rules",
  "text": "The directors of a society shall, in determining how amounts are presented within items in the income and expenditure account and balance sheet, have regard to the substance of the reported transaction or arrangement, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or practice.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 20A inserted (31.12.2004 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3199), regs. 1(1), 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/504/schedule/7/paragraph/20A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:36:28.086103+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}