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Title
Assess, control, and manage scenes for compliance investigations
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who work in
compliance roles in public sector organisations. People
credited with this unit standard are able, for compliance
investigations, to: initially control and assess the scenes;
control the scenes in terms of evidence preservation; and
manage the scene investigations.
Classification
Public Sector Compliance > Public Sector Compliance
Investigations
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation applicable to this unit standard may include but is not limited to:
Criminal Disclosure Act 2008;
Evidence Act 2006;
Privacy Act 1993;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987;
Official Information Act 1982;
Crimes Act 1961; and
specific legislation and their derivatives mandating the powers and duties of a
specific agency with respect to its compliance role and/or any other legislation
applicable to a particular compliance situation (e.g. Fisheries Act 1996, Resource
Management Act 1991).
Legislation includes any applicable subordinate legislation such as regulations,
bylaws, and licence conditions. Any legislation superseding any of the above will
apply for the purpose of assessment.
2
Demonstration of knowledge and skills must be consistent with any applicable code
or codes of conduct such as the New Zealand State Services Code of Conduct,
Standards of Integrity and Conduct (available from http://www.ssc.govt.nz) and/or
any other organisation-specific code or codes of conduct.
3
Range
Evidence of at least two scenes is required.
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Definitions
Compliance (role of) refers to the role, in a public sector organisation, of assessing
compliance subjects’ levels of adherence with regulatory requirements and carrying
out any appropriate intervention.
Compliance investigation refers to the process of gathering and assessing
information to determine facts and, thereby, to determine degree of compliance or
otherwise.
Compliance subject refers to a natural person or an entity that is subject, in a
particular compliance context, to being regulated.
Exhibit refers to material evidence secured in the course of an investigation.
Evidence refers to information given personally, or drawn from a document or exhibit,
which tends to prove or disprove a fact.
Forensic refers to the use of scientific methods in investigations.
Offence is a violation or breach of a law or rule. For the purpose of this unit
standard, offences may incorporate any non-compliance with statute, Regulations,
Bylaws, licence conditions, and other derivatives.
Organisation refers to a public sector organisation, as listed in the Public Sector
Directory at http://psd.govt.nz/list/index.php.
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policies, procedures, and
methodologies which are documented and are available in the workplace.
Other organisations refer to other compliance organisations with which one’s own
organisation interacts for compliance purposes and may also refer to any
organisation or service, other than a compliance organisation, which supports own
organisation’s compliance activity. Examples are a university service for expert
advice or witnesses, a forensic computer analyst, a transcribing service, a law firm, a
business consultancy, a process server.
Scene refers to the physical place where an apparent offence is being or has been
committed and/or where any physical evidence leading to possible establishment of
an offence is located.
Suspect refers to a person suspected of breaching a rule or involved in breaching a
rule. Other terms used for suspect may include but are not limited to – duty holder,
potentially liable party (civil or criminal), person of interest, party who is the focus of
investigation or compliance action, responsible person, respondent, alleged
offender. A person may be a legal entity such as a limited liability company.
Sanction (verb) means to impose or pursue a sanction or sanctions.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Initially control and assess scenes for compliance investigations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Initial control in order to assess the scenes is established using available
resources in accordance with organisational requirements and needs of the
situations.
Range
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may include but is not limited – victim support, first aid, traffic
management, identification and containment of potential evidence,
people control.
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1.2
Assessment identifies boundaries of the scenes in terms of defining and
controlling the area of interest for the investigation and determining authority to
act.
1.3
Assessment identifies any additional resources that may be needed to attend to
any people and/or environmental safety needs.
Range
1.4
may include but is not limited – the Police, emergency
management, or other critical scene assistance; victim support;
medical assistance; spill control; traffic management.
Assessment identifies any additional resources that may be needed to ensure
the scenes are secured and preserved in order to preserve and collect
evidence.
Range
may include but is not limited – personnel, equipment,
consumables, forensic or other expertise, other organisations.
Outcome 2
Control the scenes in terms of evidence preservation for compliance investigations.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Any required additional resources identified in the scene assessments are
accessed, received, and managed in accordance with organisational
requirements and needs of the situations.
Range
resources may include but are not limited to – emergency
management, people support, technical equipment, forensic or
other expertise, other organisations.
2.2
All activities at the scenes are recorded in accordance with organisational
requirements.
2.3
The scenes are preserved to prevent contamination of potential evidence in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
scene preservation includes at boundaries and may include but is
not limited to – movement of people.
2.4
Any suspects and/or witnesses present are controlled in accordance with
organisational requirements and needs of the situation.
2.5
People are monitored and/or environmental safety needs are monitored and
maintained throughout in accordance with organisational requirements.
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Outcome 3
Manage scene investigations for compliance investigations.
Range
management may include carrying out tasks oneself and/or directing others.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Management ensures that deployment of any required additional resources is in
accordance with organisational requirements and the needs of the investigation.
Range
3.2
additional resources identified in evidence requirement 2.1.
Management ensures persons relevant to the scenes are interviewed to
determine possible avenues of enquiry and potential offences and defences, in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – suspects, complainants,
witnesses.
3.3
Management ensures the interviews are recorded in accordance with
organisational requirements.
3.4
Management ensures documents and/or other exhibits are identified and
recorded prior to examination in accordance with organisational requirements
and to ensure their continuity in the chain of evidence.
3.5
Management ensures documents and/or other exhibits are processed and
secured in accordance with organisational requirements and to ensure their
continuity in the chain of evidence and their integrity.
3.6
Scene investigations are concluded in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
3.7
includes information management and may include but is not
limited to – any ongoing scene security needs; identifying needs
for remedial action, sanctioning, or further investigation.
People and/or environmental safety needs are monitored throughout the scene
investigations in accordance with organisational requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 29208.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
15 April 2011
31 December 2020
Review
2
18 February 2016
31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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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 (CMRs). 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.
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