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Paragraph 5A

England, Wales and Scotland

The directors of a company must, in determining how amounts are presented within items in the profit and loss account and balance sheet, have regard to the substance of the reported transaction or arrangement, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or practice.

Notes on Schedule 8

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 8 repealed (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1295, 1300, Sch. 16; S.I. 2007/3495, art. 8(a), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 (with arts. 7, 12)

Notes on Part I

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 8 substituted (1.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/220, reg. 2(2), Sch. 1