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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 30 June 2016
Standard/Interpretation
Effective for annual
reporting periods beginning
on or after
Impact
AASB 2014-9 Amendments to Australian Accounting
Standards - Equity Method in Separate Financial
Statements [AASB 1, 127 and 128]
AASB 2015-1 Amendments to Australian Accounting
Standards - Annual Improvements to Australian
Accounting Standards 2012-14 Cycle [AASB 1, 2,
3,5, 7, 11, 110, 119, 121, 133, 134,137 and 140]
1 January 2016 Allows an entity to account for investments in
subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in
its separate financial statement at cost or using
the equity method.
1 January 2016 The amendments include AASB 5 change in
methods of disposal; AASB 7 Servicing
contracts and applicability of the amendments
to AASB 7 to condensed interim financial
statements; AASB 119 Discount rate: regional
market issue and AASB 134 Disclosure of
information 'elsewhere in the interim financial
statements’.
c) Reporting Entity
The financial statements cover the Department as an individual reporting entity.
The Department of Correctional Services (“the Department”) is a Northern Territory
department established under the Interpretation Act Administrative Arrangements Order.
The principal place of business of the Department is:
Department of Correctional Services – Head Office
Heritage Building
6 Knuckey Street
Darwin
Northern Territory
0800
d) Agency and Territory Items
The financial statements of the Department of Correctional Services include income,
expenses, assets, liabilities and equity over which the Department of Correctional Services
has control (Agency items). Certain items, while managed by the agency, are controlled and
recorded by the Territory rather than the agency (Territory items). Territory items are
recognised and recorded in the Central Holding Authority as discussed below.
Central Holding Authority
The Central Holding Authority is the ‘parent body’ that represents the Government’s
ownership interest in Government-controlled entities.
The Central Holding Authority also records all Territory items, such as income, expenses,
assets and liabilities controlled by the Government and managed by agencies on behalf of
the Government. The main Territory item is Territory income, which includes taxation and
royalty revenue, Commonwealth general purpose funding (such as GST revenue), fines, and
statutory fees and charges.
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