PART 2CONSOLIDATED REPORT ON PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENTS

Exemption from consolidated report

11.—(1) Payments made by a subsidiary undertaking may be excluded from the consolidated report where—

(a)severe long-term restrictions substantially hinder the exercise of the rights of the parent undertaking over the assets or management of that subsidiary undertaking;

(b)the information necessary for the preparation of the consolidated report cannot be obtained without disproportionate expense or undue delay; or

(c)the shares of that undertaking are held exclusively with a view to subsequent resale.

(2) The parent undertaking may only exclude payments by a subsidiary undertaking under paragraph (1)(a) to (c) where the subsidiary undertaking is excluded from the consolidated group accounts on the same basis.