NZQA Expiring unit standard
7458 version 5
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Title
Maintain compliance with legal requirements and regulatory codes
and standards
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for people who have, or who are given,
responsibility for ensuring organisational compliance with
legislation and regulatory codes and standards for their area of
responsibility.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess and
comply with legal obligations on business operations; assess and
comply with regulatory codes and standards; and monitor and
review systems and procedures to ensure compliance with legal
requirements and regulatory codes and standards.
Classification
Business Operations and Development > Systems and
Resources Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Operations refers to the production, distribution, and supply of products or services
constituting the core business of the organisation, including the provision of support
services.
Organisation refers to a specific business entity which may be – profit or non-profit; in
private, public, or voluntary sectors; a business unit, iwi, or other special-purpose body.
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which may be documented and/or which may be generally understood in the
workplace, and which may include but are not limited to – safety requirements, site
specific requirements, company quality management requirements.
Legal obligations refers to applicable requirements of the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Employment Relations Act
2000, and any other legislation relating to the organisation or its operations.
2
Regulatory codes and standards include New Zealand and international standards and
codes of practice binding on the organisation, and the ethical codes of professional and
industry bodies to which the organisation subscribes.
3
People will be assessed against this unit standard on the basis of evidence of
demonstrated and repeatable performance in the workplace.
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SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
7458 version 5
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Assess and comply with legal obligations on business operations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Existing and projected business operations are evaluated against applicable
statutes, regulations, and bylaws to ensure their legal status and to identify any
specific permissions, prohibitions, or conditions which may apply.
1.2
Potential constraints and obstacles to business operations and plans arising from
current law and projected legislation are taken into account in decision-making.
1.3
The effect of legal obligations on specific business operations is communicated in
a clear format to all operating personnel with responsibility for compliance.
1.4
The proper application of statutes, regulations, and bylaws to specific business
problems and situations ensures that the organisation acts lawfully in the exercise
of its rights and responsibilities.
1.5
Professional legal advice is obtained to protect the organisation in difficult or
precedent cases or where, on a given set of facts, there is ambiguity or doubt as
to the true construction of the law.
Outcome 2
Assess and comply with regulatory codes and standards.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Regulatory codes and standards that apply to the organisation, individuals, teams,
and the work area are identified.
2.2
Compliance systems and procedures are assessed in relation to applicable
regulatory codes and standards.
2.3
Explanatory material on applicable and current regulatory codes and standards is
made available to persons responsible for their observance and clearly shows
how compliance will be maintained and monitored.
2.4
Compliance systems and procedures provide for contingency action in
emergencies or other circumstances where compliance cannot be maintained.
2.5
Any training initiatives required to implement compliance are identified.
Outcome 3
Monitor and review systems and procedures to ensure compliance with legal obligations and
regulatory codes and standards.
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SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Procedures to monitor compliance are implemented in accordance with
organisational requirements.
3.2
Information is gathered and analysed, and areas of non-compliance are identified,
recorded and reported to the responsible persons.
3.3
Remedial actions required to achieve compliance are implemented expeditiously
with all responsible persons advised of actions and implications.
3.4
Improvements to maintaining compliance are identified, evaluated, documented,
and implemented in accordance with organisational requirements.
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
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 August 1996
31 December 2018
Revision
2
7 September 1999
31 December 2018
Review
3
17 April 2009
31 December 2018
Review
4
17 November 2011
31 December 2018
Rollover
5
15 August 2013
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0113
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016