8 NOVEMBER 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 134 3867

(a) Training schemes that are recreational in nature;

(b) corporate training, but not including corporate training schemes that are designed for the purpose of meeting regulatory requirements for occupational registration, occupational licensing, or health and safety in the workplace; and

(c) training schemes of less than a credit value of ten credits, but not including training schemes that are designed for the purpose of meeting regulatory requirements for occupational registration, occupational licensing, or health and safety in the workplace.

5. Revocation—The section entitled “Exemption criteria for the exemption of courses of less than three months”, contained in the notice in the New Zealand Gazette, 10 July 2003, No. 78, page 2075, entitled “Criteria for the Exemption of Courses of Less Than Three Months Delivered to Foreign Students and Associated Withdrawal and Refund Criteria”, is revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of November 2012.

KAREN POUTASI (DR), Chief Executive, acting under delegated authority from the Board of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice, which comes into force on Thursday, 8 November 2012, sets out the training schemes of under three months for which certain tertiary education institutions do not require NZQA approval under section 251 of the Education Act 1989 (“the Act”). Those tertiary institutions are universities, polytechnics, wānanga, and registered private training establishments.

A training scheme is study or training that leads to an award, such as a certificate or document granted in recognition of a student’s achievement and completion of study or training, but does not of itself lead to a qualification on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework.

By being exempt from approval, those tertiary education institutions may enrol international students in the exempt training schemes without committing an offence under section 292F of the Act.

The exempt training schemes are those for recreational activities (eg, leisure or hobby activities like rope climbing or origami), corporate training provided exclusively for personnel of employers, and those of less than ten credits (ie, being less than 100 notional learning hours). However, where a training scheme of less than ten credits is for the purpose of a regulatory requirement for occupational registration, occupational licensing, or health and safety in the workplace, it is not exempt. An example of training for a regulatory requirement is first aid training.

It is important to note that although a training scheme may be exempt from approval under section 251 of the Act, a tertiary education institution is not prevented from applying for approval of the training scheme under section 251. For example, a registered private training establishment may wish to obtain approval because the organisations to which it is providing corporate training require the training to be externally quality assured, or the registered private training establishment may wish to obtain the training scheme approval in order to avoid lapse of its registration under section 234(1) of the Act.

NZ Transport Agency

Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004

Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 – Traffic Signs

Pursuant to subclause 4.4(4) of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 and a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Network Manager, authorise the installation and maintenance of the sign described in the Schedule to this notice.

Schedule

Pay parking zone

Parking zone in which parking is permitted subject to payment of a fee. The conditions of parking, including fees and times, which may vary at different times of the day or days of the week, are displayed on the parking machine.

Shape and Size: rectangle 600 x 600 mm

Background: blue (may be reflectorised)

Border: white (may be reflectorised) 15mm

Legend:

*White symbols and text may be reflectorised.

Note: The R6-1D symbol and R6-4 components of this sign conform with the specification in Schedule 1 of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004.

Example Pay Parking Zone Sign

P\$

Conditions on
Parking Machine

Times Vary

Zone

Signed at Wellington this 5th day of November 2012.

GLENN BUNTING, Network Manager.