Section 319 | General power to make regulations about changes in accounting policy

(1)The Treasury may by regulations make provision for cases where there is a change of accounting policy in drawing up a company's accounts from one period of account to the next which affects the amounts to be brought into account for accounting purposes in respect of the company's loan relationships.

(2)The regulations may provide for any credits or debits which would otherwise be brought into account for the purposes of this Part—

(a)not to be brought into account,

(b)to be brought into account only to a prescribed extent, or

(c)to be brought into account over a prescribed period or in prescribed circumstances.

(3)Regulations under this section may, in particular, modify the operation of sections 315 to 318.

(4)The regulations may make—

(a)different provision for different cases, and

(b)incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision and savings.

(5)The regulations may apply to periods of account beginning before they are made, but not earlier than the beginning of the calendar year in which they are made.