Accounting Standards Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Accounting Standards for Companies and Other Persons
11. Evidence of text of accounting standards
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where an accounting standard is made or formulated by the
accounting standard
“accounting standard” means — (a) an accounting standard made or formulated by the Council under Part 4; or (b) an accounting standard for statutory bodies established by the Authority under Part 5;
Council under this Part, the Council shall —
Council
“Council” means the Accounting Standards Council established under section 4;
publish a notice of the making or formulation of the accounting standard in such manner as will secure adequate publicity for such making or formulation;
specify in the notice referred to in paragraph (a) —
the date of such making or formulation;
the class or description of company or persons or class of persons prescribed under section 9(1)(b) or otherwise in respect of which the accounting standard is made or formulated; and
the place at and the time during which the accounting standard which is the subject of the notice may be inspected; and
ensure that, so long as the accounting standard remains in force, copies of that accounting standard, and of all amendments to that accounting standard, are available for inspection by members of the public free of charge, and for purchase by members of the public at a reasonable price.
No accounting standard, no amendment thereto and no revocation thereof shall have any force or effect as an accounting standard under this
Act or for the purposes of any other written law until the notice relating thereto is published in accordance with subsection (1).
Without affecting any other method of proof, in any proceedings under any written law —
the production of a document purporting to be a copy of a notice published by the Council under subsection (l)(a) shall be proof of such a notice until the contrary is proved; and
the production of a document purporting to be an accounting standard made or formulated by the Council as in force at a specified time, or an amendment or a revocation by the Council of such an accounting standard, and to be the subject of a notice under
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subsection (1)(a), and that is certified by the Chairman under his hand to be a true copy of or extract from any accounting standard made or formulated, amended or revoked by the Council, shall be proof, until the contrary is proved, that —
the specified accounting standard or the amendment thereto was in force at that time or the revoked accounting standard was not in force, as the case may be;
and
the text set out in the document is the text of the accounting standard.
Terms defined in s 2
accounting standard
Defined · s 2“accounting standard” means — (a) an accounting standard made or formulated by the Council under Part 4; or (b) an accounting standard for statutory bodies established by the Authority under Part 5;
Chairman
Defined · s 2“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council appointed under section 5(1)(a), and includes any temporary Chairman of the Council if so appointed;
company
Defined · s 2“company” means any company registered or incorporated under the Companies Act and includes any company registered or incorporated outside Brunei Darussalam which establishes a place of business in Brunei Darussalam and continues to have an established place of business within Brunei Darussalam;
Council
Defined · s 2“Council” means the Accounting Standards Council established under section 4;