“affected contract” means any foreign currency option contract or forward exchange contract to the extent that the foreign currency option contract or forward exchange contract has been entered into by any person during any year of assessment to serve as a hedge in respect of a debt, where-

(a)     that debt-

(i)      is to be utilised by that person for the purposes of acquiring any asset or for financing any expenditure; or

(ii)     will arise from the sale of any asset or supply of any services,

in terms of an agreement entered into by that person in the ordinary course of the person’s trade prior to the end of the current year of assessment; and

(b)     that debt has not yet been incurred by such person or the amount payable in respect of such debt has not yet accrued during that current year of assessment;

[Definition of “affected forward exchange contract” inserted by section 18 of Act 21 of 1994, substituted by section 13 of Act 36 of 1996, amended by section 35 of Act 30 of 1998 and substituted by section 53 of Act 22 of 2012 and section 42 of Act 17 of 2017 effective on 18 December 2017]