Scope (paras. 2-5)
2 An entity shall apply this IFRS in:
(a) its first IFRS financial statements; and
(b) each interim financial report, if any, that it presents in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting for part of the period covered by its first IFRS financial statements.
3 An entity’s first IFRS financial statements are the first annual financial statements in which the entity adopts IFRSs, by an explicit and unreserved statement in those financial statements of compliance with IFRS Accounting Standards. Financial statements in accordance with IFRSs are an entity’s first IFRS financial statements if, for example, the entity:
(a) presented its most recent previous financial statements:
(i) in accordance with national requirements that are not consistent with IFRSs in all respects;
(ii) in conformity with IFRSs in all respects, except that the financial statements did not contain an explicit and unreserved statement that they complied with IFRS Accounting Standards;
(iii) containing an explicit statement of compliance with some, but not all, IFRS Accounting Standards;