IFRIC 5 — Rights to Interests Arising from Decommissioning, Restoration and Environmental Rehabilitation Funds

Effective date:

First effective as Canadian GAAP under Part I for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.  Earlier application of Part I was permitted.

Published by IASB:

December 2004

Included in Part I of CPA Canada Handbook:

January 2010

Overview

The purpose of decommissioning, restoration and environmental rehabilitation funds, hereafter referred to as "decommissioning funds" or "funds", is to segregate assets to fund some or all of the costs of decommissioning plant (such as a nuclear plant) or certain equipment (such as cars), or in undertaking environmental rehabilitation (such as rectifying pollution of water or restoring mined land), together referred to as "decommissioning".

Contributions to these funds may be voluntary or required by regulation or law.

History of IFRIC 5

The following table shows the history of this standard subsequent to the adoption of IFRS in Canada. 

Date1

Development

Comments

Included in Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook2 

January 2010

Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook issued

Effective for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Earlier application is permitted.

January 2010

Notes

  1. For further details of relevant developments prior to this, please refer to our Deloitte Global section.
  2. Newly issued, amended or revised IFRSs are part of Canadian GAAP only after they are approved by the Accounting Standards Board in accordance with its due process.

 The above summary does not include details of consequential amendments made as the result of other projects.

Related Interpretations

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