HKAS 31 (
December 2004
March 2010
)
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Hong Kong Accounting Standard 31
Interests in Joint Ventures
Scope
1
This Standard shall be applied in accounting for interests in joint ventures and the
reporting of joint venture assets, liabilities, income and expenses in th
e financial
statements of venturers and investors, regardless of the structures or forms under which
the joint venture activities take place. However, it does not apply to venturers’ interests
in jointly controlled entities held by:
(a)
venture capital
organisations, or
(b)
mutual funds, unit trusts and similar entities including investment
-
linked
insurance funds
that upon initial recognition are designated as at fair value through profit or loss or are
classified as held for trading and account
ed for in accordance with HKAS
39
Financial
Instruments: Recognition and Measurement
. Such investments shall be measured at fair
value in accordance with HKAS 39, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss
in the period of the change.
A ventur
e
r
holding such an interest shall make the
disclosures required by paragraphs 55 and 56.
2
A venturer with an interest in a jointly controlled entity is exempted from
paragraphs 30
(proportionate consolidation
) and 38 (equity method) when it meets the fo
llowing
conditions:
(a)
the interest is classified as held for sale in accordance with HKFRS 5
Non
-
current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
;
(b)
the exception in paragraph 10 of HKAS 27
Consolidated and Separate Financial
Statements
al
lowing a parent that also has an interest in a jointly controlled
entity not to present consolidated financial statements is applicable; or
(c)
all of the following apply:
(i)
the venturer is a wholly
-
owned subsidiary, or is a partially
-
owned
subsid
iary of another entity and its owners, including those not
otherwise entitled to vote, have been informed about, and do not object
to, the venturer not applying proportionate consolidation or the equity
method;
(ii)
the venturer’s debt or equity instrum
ents are not traded in a public
market (a domestic or foreign stock exchange or an over
-
the
-
counter
market, including local and regional markets);
(iii)
the venturer did not file, nor is it in the process of filing, its financial
statements with a secur
ities commission or other regulatory
organisation, for the purpose of issuing any class of instruments in a
public market; and
(iv)
the ultimate or any intermediate parent of the venturer produces
consolidated financial statements available for public us
e that comply
with Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards or International
Financial Reporting Standards.