“For an enterprise which had: revalued its PPE before 1 January 1984 (in accordance with the prevailing accounting standard at the time); or performed any one-off revaluation on its PPE between 1 January 1984 and 31 December 1996 (both dates inclusive), there will be no need for the enterprise to revalue its assets in accordance with paragraph 29 of FRS 16”.
“One-off revaluation” means any instance where an item of PPE was revalued only once between 1 January 1984 and 31 December 1996 (both dates inclusive).
Where an item of PPE has been revalued more than once during this period, the company should:
(a) explain why the particular item of PPE should be exempted; and
(b) obtain the auditor’s concurrence of the explanation.
IAS 16 does not include the above exemption.