NZQA registered unit standard
12351 version 4
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Title
Describe political rights and responsibilities under central
government
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify
aspects of central government in New Zealand, and describe
how citizens’ political rights and responsibilities are exercised
under central government.
Classification
Core Generic > Social and Cooperative Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard does not recognise knowledge about how laws are made within
parliamentary processes. The following unit standard includes knowledge in this
area:
Unit 8544, Describe how laws are made and changed in New Zealand.
2
The following legislation and amendments provide reference, where needed, for this
unit standard:
Electoral Act 1993.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify aspects of central government in New Zealand.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Roles performed by elected and appointed persons within central government
are identified.
Range
1.2
two roles each for – the Prime Minister, a Cabinet Minister, a
Member of Parliament belonging to a party in government, a
Member of Parliament belonging to a party in opposition, the
Speaker of the House, the Governor General.
Distinctions between political parties are identified in relation to one major policy
area.
Range
two parties – one party represented in Government and one other
party represented in Parliament.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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A ministry and/or government agency responsible for the identified policy area
is identified.
Outcome 2
Describe how citizens’ political rights and responsibilities are exercised under central
government.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The responsibilities of citizens exercising voting rights are described in
accordance with legislation.
2.2
The procedure for registering as a voter is described.
2.3
The role of the party vote in a general election in determining the proportions of
party seats in Parliament is described.
2.4
The role of the candidate vote in a general election is described.
2.5
The process for voting in a general election is described.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 530.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 March 1998
31 December 2015
Revision
2
10 March 2005
31 December 2015
Review
3
16 July 2010
N/A
Rollover
4
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0023
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
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NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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NZQA registered unit standard
12351 version 4
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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