Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 29 of the Financial Reporting Act 1993 ("the Act"), that the Accounting Standards Review Board has approved, as an approved interpretation to a reporting standard, New Zealand Equivalent to IFRIC Interpretation 12 Service Concession Arrangements, which has been submitted to it by the
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
New Zealand Equivalent to IFRIC Interpretation 12 Service Concession Arrangements is:
- to apply to all reporting entities and groups, the
Crown and all departments, offices of Parliament
and Crown entities, and all local authorities (each of which is defined in the Act) other than where expressly exempted by its terms, the terms of any other approved financial reporting standard or by law;
- to apply to annual accounting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2008; and
- a Regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.
Earlier application is permitted only when an entity complies, or has complied, with NZ IFRS 1 First-Time Adoption of New Zealand Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards in its annual financial statements for a period beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Copies of New Zealand Equivalent to IFRIC Interpretation 12 Service Concession Arrangements may be inspected free of charge at, and will be made available for purchase from, the offices of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, 40 Mercer Street (PO Box 11342), Wellington, and 27-33 Ohinerau Street (PO Box 3334), Auckland.
Dated this 1st day of March 2007.
WARWICK HUNT, Chairman, Accounting Standards Review Board.