Building Societies Act 1986

[F115.(1)There must also be stated–U.K.

(a)the aggregate amount of the capital and reserves of the undertaking as at the end of its relevant financial year; and

(b)its profits or loss for that year.

(2)That information need not be given in respect of an undertaking if–

(a)the undertaking is not required by any provision of [F2the Companies Act 2006] to deliver a copy of its balance sheet for its relevant financial year and does not otherwise publish that balance sheet in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and

(b)the society’s holding is less than 50 per cent of the nominal value of the shares in the undertaking.

(3)Information otherwise required by this paragraph need not be given if it is not material—

(a) for the purpose of giving a true and fair view for the society and its subsidiary undertakings as a whole, of the matters set out in section 72F(2);

(b)in the case of IAS accounts, to the requirement under [F3UK-adopted international accounting standards] that such accounts achieve a fair presentation.

(4)For the purposes of this paragraph the “relevant financial year” of an undertaking is–

(a)if its financial year ends with that of the society, that year, and

(b)if not, its financial year ending last before the end of the society’s financial year.]

Textual Amendments

F1Schs. 10A, 10B inserted (22.12.2004) (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Building Societies Act 1986 (International Accounting Standards and Other Accounting Amendments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3380), art. 1, Sch. para. 9