(1) Financial statements referred to in paragraphs 2.1(2)(b), (c), (e) and (i), other than acquisition statements, must
(a) be prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP applicable to publicly accountable enterprises, and
(b) disclose
(i) in the case of annual financial statements, an unreserved statement of compliance with IFRS, and
(ii) in the case of an interim financial report, an unreserved statement of compliance with IAS 34.
(2) Despite subsection (1), in the case of an interim financial report that is not required under securities legislation to provide comparative interim financial information,
(a) the statement of financial position, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity, statement of cash flows and explanatory notes must be prepared in accordance with IAS 34 other than the requirement in IAS 34 to include comparative financial information; and
(b) the interim financial report must disclose that
(i) it does not comply with IAS 34 because it does not include comparative interim financial information, and
(ii) the statement of financial position, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity, statement of cash flows and explanatory notes have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 other than the requirement in IAS 34 to include comparative financial information.
(3) Financial statements and interim financial information referred to in paragraph 2.1(2)(a) must
(a) be prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP applicable to publicly accountable enterprises, except that any investments in subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates must be accounted for as specified for separate financial statements in IAS 27, and
(b) in the case of annual financial statements,
(i) include the following statement:
These financial statements are prepared in accordance with the financial reporting framework specified in [insert “paragraph 3.2(3)(a) “, “subsection 3.2(4)” or “section 3.15” as applicable] of National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards for financial statements delivered by registrants.
and
(ii) describe the financial reporting framework used to prepare the financial statements.
(4) Despite paragraph (3)(a), financial statements and interim financial information referred to in paragraph 2.1(2)(a) for periods relating to a financial year beginning in 2011 may be prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP applicable to publicly accountable enterprises, except that
(a) any investments in subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates must be accounted for as specified for separate financial statements in IAS 27,
(b) comparative information relating to the preceding financial year must be excluded, and
(c) the first day of the financial year to which the financial statements or interim financial information relates must be used as the date of transition to the financial reporting framework.
(5) Financial statements must be prepared in accordance with the same accounting principles for all periods presented in the financial statements.
(6) Financial information referred to in paragraphs 2.1(2)(f) and (g) must
(a) present the line items for summary financial information or summarized financial information required by National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations, as the case may be, and
(b) in the case of summarized financial information of an acquired business or business to be acquired that is, or will be, an investment accounted for by the issuer using the equity method,
(i) be prepared using accounting policies that
(A) are permitted by one of Canadian GAAP applicable to publicly accountable enterprises, IFRS, U.S. GAAP or Canadian GAAP applicable to private enterprises, and
(B) would apply to the information if the information were presented as part of a complete set of financial statements,
(ii) include the following statement:
This information is prepared in accordance with the financial reporting framework specified in subsection 3.2(6) of National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards for summarized financial information of a business accounted for using the equity method.
and
(iii) describe the accounting policies used to prepare the information.