Section 718 | GAAP-compliant accounts: reference to consolidated group accounts

(1)In determining whether a company's accounts are GAAP-compliant, reference may be made to any view about—

(a)the useful life of an asset, or

(b)the economic value of an asset,

taken for the purposes of consolidated group accounts prepared for any group of companies of which the company is a member.

(2)This section does not apply if the consolidated group accounts—

(a)are drawn up using a different accounting framework from that used for the company's individual accounts, and

(b)as a result are prepared on a basis that, in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection (1), substantially diverges from the basis used in the company's individual accounts.

(3)This section does not apply so far as the consolidated group accounts are prepared—

(a)in accordance with the requirements of the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)on a basis that, in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection (1), substantially diverges from generally accepted accounting practice.