NZQA registered unit standard
4260 version 6
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Title
Describe and identify the application of road usage law
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
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.
Classification
Core Generic > Social and Cooperative Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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 evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the role of the law in encouraging safe use of roads.
Evidence requirements
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.
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Outcome 2
Describe statutory bodies and other organisations concerned with road safety, and their
roles.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Statutory bodies are described in terms of their jurisdiction, major functions and
relationships with each other in terms of road usage.
Range
2.2
The statutory bodies are described in terms of their contribution to road safety.
Range
2.3
New Zealand Transport Agency, local bodies, the New Zealand
Police.
may include but is not limited to – education, use of road
engineering design, developing road safety standards, and
enforcement.
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.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Methods that encourage road user compliance are evaluated in terms of their
contribution to road safety.
Range
3.2
education, road design, signage, driver compliance, vehicle
compliance.
Recommendations for possible changes to current methods are made in terms
of improving road user compliance.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 May 1995
31 December 2014
Revision
2
20 March 1998
31 December 2014
Review
3
26 September 2001
31 December 2014
Review
4
16 July 2010
31 December 2015
Revision
5
17 July 2014
N/A
Rollover
6
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0023
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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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