(1) An * amalgamated company has an * adjustment if:
(a) apart from the * amalgamation, any of the * amalgamating companies would have had the adjustment; and
(b) the adjustment was not attributable, before the amalgamation, to a tax period applying to the amalgamating company.
(2) This section has effect despite section 17 - 10 (which is about the effect of adjustments on net amounts).