Paragraph 8A
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 9
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 9 repealed (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1295, 1300, Sch. 16; S.I. 2007/3495, art. 8(a), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 (with arts. 7, 12); Sch. 9 para. 3(4)(5) and certain words in Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(a) are expressed to be repealed (6.4.2008 with effect as stated in Sch. 1 para. 91(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/948, arts. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1 para. 90(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)
Notes on Part I
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 9 Pt. I paras. 1-87 inserted (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2705, regs. 5(4), 9, Sch. 1
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 9 Pt. I modified (coming into force in accordance with s. 3 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. iv, ss. 3, 7(6)
- C2
Sch. 9 Pt. 1 extended (24.6.2003) by The Uncertificated Securities (Amendment) (Eligible Debt Securities) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1633), reg. 15, Sch. 2 para. 2(e)