15(1)This paragraph has effect in a case where Part I of Schedule 17 to the M1Finance Act 1980 applies (transfer of interests in oil fields) and expressions used in the following provisions in this paragraph have the same meaning as in that Schedule.U.K.
(2)For the purpose of determining whether the new participator is liable to pay an amount of APRT, but for no other purpose, subsection (1) of section 139 nof this Act shall apply as if any gross profit which at any time before the transfer had accrued to the old participator from the field had accrued at that time to the new participator or, if the transfer is of part of the old participator’s interest in the field, as if a corresponding part of that gross profit had at that time accrued to the new participator.
(3)There shall be treated as the APRT credit of the new participator the whole or, if the transfer is of part of the old participator’s interest in the field, a corresponding part of so much, if any, of the old participator’s APRT credit in respect of that field for the transfer period as exceeds his liability for petroleum revenue tax for that period.
(4)For the purposes of computing whether any, and if so what, amount of APRT is payable by the old participator and the new participator for the transfer period or any later chargeable period, it shall be assumed that any application or proposal made in relation to the transfer under paragraph 4 or paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 17 to the M2Finance Act 1980 and in respect of which the Board have not notified their decision will be accepted by the Board.