| (s) | New standards and interpretations not yet adopted |
Standards issued but not yet effective as of the date of issuance of the Group’s financial statements are listed below. This listing of standards and interpretations issued are those that the Group reasonably expects to have on impact on disclosures, financial position or performance when applied at a future date. The Group intends to adopt these standards when they become effective.
IFRS 9 Financial instruments: Classification and Measurement
IFRS 9, as issued in 2010, reflects the first phase of the IASB’s work on the replacement of IAS 39 and applies to classification and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities as defined in IAS 39. The standard was initially effective for annual reports beginning on or after January 1, 2013. In November 2013, Chapter 6 of IFRS on hedge accounting was published. At the same time, Chapter 7 containing the effective date and transition provisions was amended to remove the mandatory effective date of IFRS 9. Entities may still choose to apply IFRS 9 immediately, but are not required to do so.
In subsequent phases, the IASB is addressing impairment of financial assets. The adoption of the first phase of IFRS 9 will have an effect on the classification and measurement of the Group’s financial assets, but will not have an impact on classification and measurements of financial liabilities. The Group will quantify the effect in conjunction with the other phases, when the final standard including all phases is issued.
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
The IASB have issued a new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15 in May 2014, which replaces all existing IFRS revenue requirements. The standard applies to all revenue contracts and provides a model for the recognition and measurement of sales of some non-financial assets. Application is required for all annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018. There are new specific requirements in respect of variable consideration such that it is only included in the transaction price if it is highly probable that the amount of revenue recognized would not be subject to significant future reversals as a result of subsequent re-estimation. The adoption of IFRS 15 is not expected to have a significant impact on the revenue recognition as the management has determined that the Company’s revenue is from leases which are outside the scope of IFRS 15.
IFRS 16 Leases
IFRS 16 specifies how an IFRS reporter will recognize, measure, present and disclose leases. The standard provides a single lessee accounting model, requiring lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases unless the lease term is 12 months or less or the underlying asset has a low value. Lessors continue to classify leases as operating or finance, with IFRS 16’s approach to lessor accounting substantially unchanged from its predecessor, IAS 17.
IFRS 16 was issued in January 2016 and applies to annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. The effect of this to the Group’s consolidated financial statements is undetermined at this time.