F1mod. SR 1994/133
F2Pt. VIII substituted by S.I. 1990/593 (N.I. 5), Pt. II
F3Pt. VIII modified by S.R. 2004/307 (as amended (1.10.2006) by Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/377), reg. 2, Sch. 1)
F4Pt. VIII modified by {S.R. 2004/496}
256A .F8—(1) This Article applies where a small company—
(a)has prepared individual accounts for a financial year in accordance with Article 254(2) or (3), and
(b)is preparing[F9 Companies Order group accounts] in respect of the same year.
(2) If the group accounts—
(a)comply with the provisions of Schedule 8, or
(b)fail to comply with those provisions only in so far as they comply instead with one or more corresponding provisions of Schedule 4,
they need not comply with the provisions or, as the case may be, the remaining provisions of Schedule 4; and where advantage is taken of this paragraph, references in Schedule 4A to compliance with the provisions of Schedule 4 shall be construed accordingly.
(3) For the purposes of this Article, Schedule 8 shall have effect as if, in each balance sheet format set out in that Schedule, for item B.III there were substituted the following item—
“B.IIIInvestments
1.Shares in group undertakings
2.Interests in associated undertakings
3.Other participating interests
4.Loans to group undertakings and undertakings in which a participating interest is held
5.Other investments other than loans
6.Others.”
(4) The group accounts need not give the information required by the provisions specified in Article 254(3).
(5) Group accounts prepared in accordance with this Article shall contain a statement in a prominent position on the balance sheet, above the signature required by Article 241, that they are prepared in accordance with the special provision of this Part relating to small companies.]
F10Order repealed (prosp.) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1284(2), 1295, 1300(2), Sch. 16 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual Articles (with savings (with adaptations) by Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6, Saving and Commencement Nos. 3 and 5 (Amendment)) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/674), arts. 2(3), {4}, Sch. 2) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 paras. 135, 147, 148 {Sch. 2 Note 1} (with arts. 6, 11, 12) and subject to amendments (6.4.2008) by S.R. 2008/133, {regs. 2, 3}