Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Legislation Act 2019, that the New Zealand Accounting Standards Board of the External Reporting Board has issued Non-current Liabilities with Covenants (“Standard”).

Standard

Non-current Liabilities with Covenants:

• applies to all Tier 1 and Tier 2 for-profit reporting entities and groups, other than where expressly exempted by its terms, the terms of any other approved accounting standard or bylaw;
• is secondary legislation for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2019; and
• is published on 25 May 2023 and takes effect on the 28th day after the date of its publication under the Legislation Act 2019 and commences to apply as set out below.

Commencement and application

Paragraphs NZ 139U.1−NZ 139U.2 and the amendments to paragraph 139U in the Standard commence to apply on the 28th day after the date of its publication under the Legislation Act 2019.

The accounting periods in relation to which this Standard commences to apply (except with respect to paragraphs NZ 139U.1−NZ 139U.2 and the amendments to paragraph 139U) are:

1. for an early adopter, those accounting periods following, and including, the early adoption accounting period.
2. for any other reporting entity, those accounting periods following, and including, the first accounting period for the entity that begins on or after the mandatory date.

early adopter means a reporting entity that applies this Standard for an early adoption accounting period.

early adoption accounting period means an accounting period of the early adopter:

1. that begins before the mandatory date but has not ended or does not end before this Standard takes effect (and to avoid doubt, that period may have begun before this Standard takes effect); and
2. for which the early adopter:
1. first applies this Standard in preparing its financial statements; and
2. discloses in its financial statements for that accounting period that this Standard has been applied for that period.

mandatory date means 1 January 2024.

Copies of the Standard may be inspected free of charge at the offices of the External Reporting Board (XRB), Level 7, 50 Manners Street, Wellington. Copies are also available on the XRB’s website at www.xrb.govt.nz.

Dated this 25th day of May 2023.

CAROLYN CORDERY, Chair, New Zealand Accounting Standards Board.