Explain the legal definitions and consequences of theft and fraud in
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Explain the legal definitions and consequences of theft and fraud in a retail or distribution environment
Level 3
Credits 3
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to:
– explain the legal definitions of theft and fraud in a retail or distribution environment;
– explain the consequences for an employee if they commit theft or fraud from their employer;
– explain the consequences for a customer who commits theft or fraud in a retail or distribution environment.
Subfield Retail, Distribution, and Sales
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Retail and Distribution Core Skills
Compliance check xxxx 2008
Planned review date
Entry information xxxx 2013
Open.
Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) Retail Institute
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0225
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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Special notes
1 References
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989;
Crimes Act 1961;
Evidence Act 2006;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Privacy Act 1993;
Summary Offences Act 1981;
Trespass Act 1980;
The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Employment Relations Act 2000.
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2 Definitions
Retail or distribution environment refers to workplaces where the primary focus is on customers purchasing goods and/or services.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the legal definitions of theft and fraud in a retail or distribution environment.
Performance criteria
1.1 The legal definition of the terms theft and fraud are explained in accordance with the Crimes Act 1961.
Element 2
Explain the consequences for an employee who commits theft or fraud from their employer in a retail or distribution environment.
Performance criteria
2.1 The consequences of theft or fraud from an employer are explained.
Element 3
Range legal, social, employment.
Explain the consequences for a customer who commits theft or fraud from a retail or distribution environment.
Performance criteria
3.1 The consequences for a customer who commits theft or fraud are explained in accordance with the Crimes Act 1961.
Range legal, social, employment.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 the Retail Institute info@retailinstitute.org.nz
if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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