Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 367: Reduction of credits exceeding impairment losses
1161.This section provides that where credits on loan relationships between the consortium member (or group company) and the consortium company exceed debits on those loans, the credits are reduced by debits previously reduced under section 365. It is based on paragraph 5A(8) to (10) of Schedule 9 to FA 1996. The reduction compensates for the restrictions in an earlier period which would not have arisen had there not, in that period, been an excess of debits over credits.
1162.Paragraph 5A(8)(a) of Schedule 9 refers to related debt recovery credits brought into account “under paragraph 5 above”. This is an incorrect reference and was overlooked in the consequential amendments to FA 2004 which removed paragraph 5(1) to (2A) of Schedule 9. This has been rewritten as if referring to the amounts brought into account in computing the “relevant net debits” (see paragraph 5A(5)(b)), which is the obvious meaning.