Thanks guys! I appreciate your input. I compared 61.159 with it's previous version where it says this:

“An applicant may credit second-in-command time towards the total time requirements in paragraph (a) of this section, provided the time was obtained in an operation requiring a second pilot flight crewmember by the aircraft’s type certificate or the regulations under which the flight is conducted.”

Obviously this paragraph has been replaced with 61.159 (c) so I got confused.

But in all fairness If you follow verbatim what 61.159 says you can interpret that unless you follow under (c) you can't count SIC time towards ATP min.