Revenue account

8.  The revenue account to be prepared by every company under section 17(1) of the Act—

(a)in the case of a company carrying on general business, shall comply with the requirements of Schedule 2 below and shall be in Form 20 so, however, that every such company shall prepare a separate account in Form 20 in respect of each accounting class and a summary account in that Form in respect of the whole of the general business carried on by it; and

(b)in the case of a company carrying on long term business, shall comply with the requirements of Schedule 3 below and shall be in Form 40 so, however, that—

(i)every such company shall prepare a separate account in Form 40 in respect of each long term business fund maintained by it; and

(ii)where there is more than one fund for ordinary long term insurance business or for industrial assurance business, the company shall also prepare a summary Form 40 for ordinary long term insurance business or for industrial assurance business, as the case may require.