NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 145

1 OCTOBER 2009

General Section

Accounting Standards Review Board

Financial Reporting Act 1993

Approval of the Amendment to New Zealand Equivalent to International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting—Scope (Amendment to NZ IAS 34—Scope) (Notice No. 106)

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 29 of the Financial Reporting Act 1993 (“the Act”), that the Accounting Standards Review Board has approved the Amendment to New Zealand Equivalent to International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting—Scope (Amendment to NZ IAS 34—Scope), which has been submitted to it by the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

The amendment to NZ IAS 34—Scope 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 periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009; and

• a Regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.

Earlier application of the amendment to NZ IAS 34—Scope is permitted.

Copies of the amendment to NZ IAS 34—Scope may be inspected free of charge at the offices of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, Level 7, Tower Building, 50 Customhouse Quay (PO Box 11342), Wellington, and 27–33 Ohinerau Street (PO Box 3334), Auckland.

A copy of the amendment to NZ IAS 34—Scope is also available on the institute’s website at www.nzica.com

Dated this 22nd day of September 2009.

KEVIN SIMPKINS, Chairman, Accounting Standards Review Board.

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Approval of the Amendment to New Zealand Equivalent to International Financial Reporting Standard 8 Operating Segments (Amendment to NZ IFRS 8) (Notice No. 107)

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 29 of the Financial Reporting Act 1993 (“the Act”), that the Accounting Standards Review Board has approved the Amendment to New Zealand Equivalent to International Financial Reporting Standard 8 Operating Segments (Amendment to NZ IFRS 8), which has been submitted to it by the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

The amendment to NZ IFRS 8 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 periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009; and

• a Regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.

Earlier application of the amendment to NZ IFRS 8 is permitted.

Copies of the amendment to NZ IFRS 8 may be inspected free of charge at the offices of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, Level 7, Tower Building, 50 Customhouse Quay (PO Box 11342), Wellington, and 27–33 Ohinerau Street (PO Box 3334), Auckland.

A copy of the amendment to NZ IFRS 8 is also available on the institute’s website at www.nzica.com

Dated this 22nd day of September 2009.

KEVIN SIMPKINS, Chairman, Accounting Standards Review Board.

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Approval of the Minor Amendments to New Zealand Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (Minor Amendments to NZ IFRSs) (Notice No. 108)

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 29 of the Financial Reporting Act 1993 (“the Act”), that the Accounting Standards Review Board has approved Minor Amendments to New Zealand Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (Minor Amendments to NZ IFRSs), which has been submitted to it by the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

The minor amendments to NZ IFRSs are: