Oil Pipeline Uniform Accounting Regulations

73 (1) Where any issue or series of long term debt of a company is redeemed before its maturity date, otherwise than by exchange or conversion into capital stock, the amount of the unamortized debt discount and expense or unamortized premium less expense applicable to the portion of the debt redeemed shall be credited to account 41 (Unamortized Debt Discount and Expense) or debited to account 76 (Unamortized Premium on Long Term Debt), as applicable, and where the amount is not material, concurrently debited to account 418 (Amortization of Discount on Long Term Debt) or credited to account 408 (Release of Premium on Long Term Debt), as applicable, in the year of redemption.

(2) Where the amount referred to in subsection (1) is material, the company shall inform the Regulator and shall debit the amount to account 422 (Extraordinary Income Deductions) or credit the amount to account 402 (Extraordinary Income), as applicable.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), where an issue or series of long term debt of a company is redeemed before its maturity date by refunding through the issuance of new long term debt, the company may, where the amount is not material, amortize the amount of unamortized discount and expense or unamortized premium less expense applicable to the portion of the debt redeemed, by regular debits to account 418 or credits to account 408, as applicable, over a period not exceeding the lesser of the remainder of the original life of the issue or series redeemed or the life of the new long term debt.

(4) Where the amount referred to in subsection (3) is material, the company shall inform the Regulator and shall debit the amount to account 422 (Extraordinary Income Deductions), or credit the amount to account 402 (Extraordinary Income), as applicable.

(5) Where an issue or series of long term debt of a company is redeemed before its maturity date by exchange for or conversion into capital stock of the company, the manner of accounting for the transaction shall be subject to the prior approval of the Commission.