Commentary on Sections Overview Chapter 8: Further provision about chargeable gains and derivative contracts Section 662: Contracts ceasing to be derivative contracts
1835.This section provides that, if a relevant contract to which the company continues to be a party ceases to be a derivative contract, the company is treated as acquiring the contract for an amount equal to its notional carrying value at the time it ceases to be a derivative contract. It is based on paragraph 43B of Schedule 26 to FA 2002.
1836.This section is the companion to section 622 which deals with the deemed disposal of the relevant contract for the purposes of this Part at the time it ceases to be a derivative contract. See the commentary on that section.