Companies (Accounting) Act 2017

Amendment of section 317 of Principal Act

33. Section 317 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to subsections (7) and (7A), the following information shall” for “The following information shall”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (7):

“(7A) (a) A company that qualifies for the small companies regime shall only be required to provide the information referred to in subsection (1) (a).

(b) Where a company qualifies for the small companies regime but elects to prepare group financial statements—

(i) those group financial statements shall contain the information required by subsection (1)(a) for the company and its subsidiary undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, and

(ii) subsections (5) and (6) have effect as if references in those subsections to the company were references to the company and its subsidiary undertakings included in the consolidation.

“(7B) A company that qualifies for the micro companies regime shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.”.