Corporation Tax Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and shall come into force on 1st April 2011. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1st April 2011. Amendments to the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) Regulations 2004 2 The Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into Account of Profits and Losses) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows. Amendment of regulation 3 (exchange gains or losses arising from liabilities or assets hedging shares etc ) 3 In regulation 3 (exchange gains or losses arising from liabilities or assets hedging shares etc) in paragraph (3) in condition 2 for “and” substitute “or”. Amendment of regulation 4 (exchange gains or losses arising from derivative contracts hedging shares etc) 4 In regulation 4 (exchange gains or losses arising from derivative contracts hedging shares etc) in paragraph (3) in condition 2 for “and” substitute “or”. Amendment of regulation 4A (relevant value) 5 1 Amend regulation 4A (relevant value) as follows. 2 In paragraph (7) at the end insert— This is subject to paragraph (8A). . 3 After paragraph (8) insert— 8A Where a company has made an election before 1st April 2011 and has specified a review period of 92 days or less, it may amend that election to increase the length of the review period specified. 8B An amendment to an election must be made by 1st June 2011 by notice in writing to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. . 4 Renumber the second paragraph (6) as paragraph (9). Substitution of regulation 4C (review period) 6 For regulation 4C (review period) substitute— Review period 4C 1 For the purposes of regulations 4A(7)(e) and 4B(2) , a review period is a period, or one of a series of successive periods, of a length specified by a company making an election in accordance with regulation 4A(1)(a). This is subject to the provisions of this regulation. 2 A review period, or where more than one in an accounting period the first review period in that accounting period, begins on the first day of the accounting period or, if later, the date that a liability or derivative contract first becomes matched with shares in accordance with regulation 3(3)(b) or 4(3)(b). 3 A review period, or where more than one in an accounting period the last review period in that accounting period, must end on the last day of the accounting period. 4 If a company has matched shares in accordance with regulation 3(3)(b) or 4(3)(b) (“the first asset”), the first review period in relation to shares which are subsequently matched— a begins when the subsequent matching occurs, and b ends at the same time as the review period which is current in relation to the first asset when the subsequent matching occurs. 5 If during a review period (“the current period”) there is a significant variation in the net asset value underlying shares which have been matched in accordance with regulation 3(3)(b) or 4(3)(b), there shall be a new review period in relation to those shares which— a begins on the day that any variation in the net asset value becomes a significant variation, and b ends at the same time as the current period. 6 In paragraph (5) “significant variation” means an increase or decrease of 10% or more in the net asset value underlying the matched shares. 7 In this regulation the net asset value underlying shares shall be determined in accordance with regulation 4A(2). . Michael Fabricant Angela Watkinson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 9th March 2011