Companies (Accounting) Act 2017

Amendment of section 305 of Principal Act

26. Section 305 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (14), the notes to the statutory financial statements” for “The notes to the statutory financial statements”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (14), the notes to the statutory financial statements” for “The notes to the statutory financial statements”,

(c) in subsection (6), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “share options’:

“ ‘share options’ means options over quoted shares or shares that are redeemable in cash or puttable in cash.”,

and

(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (13):

“(14) A company that qualifies for the micro companies regime shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.”.