FRS 16 is consistent with IAS 16 in
all material aspects, except that FRS
16 gives the following exemption:
“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.