Section 483 | Actual financial statements covering more than one worldwide group

(1)This section applies where—

(a)consolidated financial statements of an entity and its subsidiaries are drawn up by or on behalf of the entity in respect of a period (“the actual period of account”), and

(b)the entity was the ultimate parent of a worldwide group for a part (but not all) of that period.

(2)For the purposes of this Part (apart from this section)—

(a)the financial statements mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are to be ignored, and

(b)consolidated financial statements of the entity and its IAS subsidiaries are treated as having been drawn up in respect of the part of the actual period of account mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

(3)The financial statements treated by subsection (2)(b) as drawn up are treated as drawn up—

(a)where the financial statements mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are drawn up on acceptable principles, in accordance with the same accounting principles and practice as those financial statements;

(b)otherwise, in accordance with international accounting standards.

(4)In this section “IAS subsidiary” has the same meaning as in section 482.