Regulation 5 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In regulation 10 after paragraph (2) the following paragraph shall be added—

“(3)

Where—

(a)

the asset held or the liability owed by the company consists of a discounted debt, and

(b)

the company did not cease on 31st March 1996 to be entitled to the asset or (as the case may be) subject to the liability,

it shall be regarded, for the purposes of paragraph (1) above and section 158 (translation times and accrual periods), as ceasing on that date to be so entitled or subject, and references in this regulation and in regulations 11 and 12 to accrual periods (including references to an accrual period as the current period) shall, as respects that asset or liability, be construed accordingly.”