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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)<br />

ANNUAL <strong>REPORT</strong> AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015<br />

2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)<br />

Adoption of new and revised International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) (Continued)<br />

(ii)<br />

Relevant new and amended standards and interpretations in issue but not yet effective in the year ended 31 December<br />

2015 (continued)<br />

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (Continued)<br />

Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38 Clarification of Acceptable Methods of Depreciation and Amortisation<br />

The amendments to IAS 16 prohibit entities from using a revenue-based depreciation method for items of property,<br />

plant and equipment. The amendments to IAS 38 introduce a rebuttable presumption that revenue is not an appropriate<br />

basis for amortisation of an intangible asset. This presumption can only be rebutted in the following two<br />

limited circumstances:<br />

a) when the intangible asset is expressed as a measure of revenue; or<br />

b) when it can be demonstrated that revenue and consumption of the economic benefits of the intangible asset<br />

are highly correlated.<br />

The amendments apply prospectively for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016. Currently, the Group<br />

uses the straight-line method for depreciation and amortisation for its property and equipment, and intangible<br />

assets respectively.<br />

The directors of the Group do not anticipate that the application of the standard will have a significant impact on<br />

the Group’s financial statements.<br />

iii)<br />

Impact of new and amended standards and interpretations on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December<br />

2015 and future annual periods (Continued)<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> Improvements 2012-2014 Cycle<br />

The amendments to IFRS 5 adds specific guidance in IFRS 5 for cases in which an entity reclassifies an asset from<br />

held for sale to held for distribution or vice versa and cases in which held-for-distribution accounting is discontinued.<br />

The amendments to IFRS 7 adds additional guidance to clarify whether a servicing contract is continuing involvement<br />

in a transferred asset for the purpose of determining the disclosures required. Clarifies the applicability of<br />

the amendments to IFRS 7 on offsetting disclosures to condensed interim financial statements.<br />

The amendments to IAS 19 clarifies that the high quality corporate bonds used in estimating the discount rate<br />

for post-employment benefits should be denominated in the same currency as the benefits to be paid (thus, the<br />

depth of the market for high quality corporate bonds should be assessed at currency level).<br />

The amendment to IAS 34 clarifies the meaning of ‘elsewhere in the interim report’ and requires a cross-reference<br />

The directors of the Group do not anticipate that the application of these amendments will have a significant impact<br />

on the Group’s financial statements.<br />

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