http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/6/section/269/enactedCompanies Act 1985Capital and financial marketsAllotmentsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2022-02-28 PART VIIIDistribution of Profits and AssetsLimits of company's power of distributionTreatment of development costs 269 1 Subject as follows, where development costs are shown as an asset in a company's accounts, any amount shown in respect of those costs is to be treated— a under section 263, as a realised loss, and b under section 265, as a realised revenue loss. 2 This does not apply to any part of that amount representing an unrealised profit made on revaluation of those costs ; nor does it apply if— a there are special circumstances in the company's case justifying the directors in deciding that the amount there mentioned is not to be treated as required by subsection (1), and b the note to the accounts required by paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 (reasons for showing development costs as an asset) states that the amount is not to be so treated and explains the circumstances relied upon to justify the decision of the directors to that effect.