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Accounting Standards Act 2007 s 11

s 11 Accountant-General to establish accounting standards

11.—(1) The Accountant-General may establish one or more accounting standards about the following:(a) the statements of standard accounting practice applicable to statutory bodies; (b) the content of financial statements and annual reports required to be prepared by statutory bodies. (2) Before establishing an accounting standard under subsection (1), the Accountant-General must have regard to relevant accounting standards issued by the Committee under this Act or by any appropriate professional bodies.[Act 36 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023] (3) The Accountant-General may establish an accounting standard under this Part —(a) by issuing the text of an accounting standard, which may or may not be an accounting standard made or formulated by the Committee under Part 3; or[Act 36 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023] (b) by modifying the text of any accounting standard mentioned in paragraph (a) to the extent necessary to take account of the legal or institutional environment for statutory bodies. (4) An accounting standard established under subsection (1) applies to any periods specified in the standard.

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