Title
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Describe and identify the application of road usage law
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Level
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2
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Credits
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3
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Purpose
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the role of the law in encouraging safe use of roads; describe statutory bodies and other organisations concerned with road safety, and their roles; and evaluate methods of encouraging road user compliance with road safety standards.
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Guidance Information
The following legislation and subsequent amendments provide reference, where needed, for this unit standard:
Land Transport Act 1998
Road User Charges Regulations 2012
Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004
Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999
Land Transport Management Act 2003
Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999
Crimes Act 1961
Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration and Driver Licensing) Regulations 2011.
Outcomes and Performance criteria
Outcome 1
Describe the role of the law in encouraging safe use of roads.
Performance criteria
1.1 Description includes reasons for, and effects of, road safety laws in terms of costs, and avoidance of death, injury, and damage.
1.2 Description includes ways in which legislation provides for safe use of roads.
Range ways include – setting standards, setting penalties, providing remedies, establishing statutory bodies;
one example for each way.
Outcome 2
Describe statutory bodies and other organisations concerned with road safety, and their roles.
Performance criteria
2.1 Statutory bodies are described in terms of their jurisdiction, major functions and relationships with each other in terms of road usage.
Range New Zealand Transport Agency, local bodies, the New Zealand Police.
2.2 The statutory bodies are described in terms of their contribution to road safety.
Range may include but is not limited to – education, use of road engineering design, developing road safety standards, and enforcement.
2.3 Three other organisations are identified in terms of their contribution to road safety.
Range may include, but is not limited to – Automobile Association, NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (MITO), Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD), NZ Institute of Driving Educators (NZIDE), Road Safety Trust, Community Road Safety Programmes (CRSP).
Outcome 3
Evaluate methods of encouraging road user compliance with road safety standards.
Performance criteria
3.1 Methods that encourage road user compliance are evaluated in terms of their contribution to road safety.
Range education, road design, signage, driver compliance, vehicle compliance.
3.2 Recommendations for possible changes to current methods are made in terms of improving road user compliance.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
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Version
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Date
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Last Date for Assessment
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Registration
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1
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24 May 1995
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31 December 2014
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Revision
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2
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20 March 1998
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31 December 2014
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Review
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3
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26 September 2001
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31 December 2014
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Review
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4
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16 July 2010
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31 December 2015
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Revision
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5
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17 July 2014
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31 December 2019
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Rollover
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6
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18 June 2015
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31 December 2019
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Review
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7
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25 January 2018
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31 December 2019
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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0023
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
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Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018
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New Zealand Qualifications Aut
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