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71(1)Paragraph 34 does not apply to the amount of any profit or loss arising from a determination of the value of any investments of an investment company on any basis mentioned in paragraph 31(3).
(2)Any provisions made by virtue of paragraph 19(1) or (2) in the case of an investment company in respect of any fixed asset investments need not be charged to the company’s profit and loss account provided they are either—
(a)charged against any reserve account to which any amount excluded by sub-paragraph (1) from the requirements of paragraph 34 has been credited; or
(b)shown as a separate item in the company’s balance sheet under the sub-heading “other reserves”.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph, as it applies in relation to any company, “fixed asset investment” means any asset falling to be included under any item shown in the company’s balance sheet under the subdivision “investments” under the general item “fixed assets”.
72(1)Any distribution made by an investment company which reduces the amount of its net assets to less than the aggregate of its called-up share capital and undistributable reserves shall be disclosed in a note to the company’s accounts.
(2)For purposes of this paragraph, a company’s net assets are the aggregate of its assets less the aggregate of its liabilities (including any provision for liabilities or charges within paragraph 89); and “undistributable reserves” has the meaning given by section 264(3) of this Act.
73A company shall be treated as an investment company for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule in relation to any financial year of the company if—
(a)during the whole of that year it was an investment company as defined by section 266 of this Act, and
(b)it was not at any time during that year prohibited under section 265(4) of this Act (no distribution where capital profits have been distributed, etc.) from making a distribution by virtue of that section.
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F1Sch. 4 Pt. IV paras. 60–70 and Pt. V paras. 74, 75 repealed (subject to the transitional and saving provisions mentioned in S.I. 1990/355, art. 5) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 212, 213(2), Sch. 24
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