I make the following notice under section 344 of the Education Act 1989.
N o t i c e
1 Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Education (National Student Numbers) Notice 2008.
(2) This notice shall take effect on the day after the date
of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Assigning national student numbers—Every post-compulsory education student index number assigned to a student in accordance with the Post-Compulsory Education Unique Identifier Code 2001 is a national student number assigned by the Secretary for Education under section 343 of the Education Act 1989.
3. Use of national student numbers by authorised users
—(1) The following classes of authorised users are authorised to use national student numbers for the purposes specified in subclause 2 of this clause:
? Education providers that are tertiary education organisations being organisations as defined in
section 159B(1) of the Education Act 1989.
? Education providers that are registered schools as defined in section 2 of the Education Act 1989.
? The Ministry of Education.
? The New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
? The Tertiary Education Commission.
(2) The classes of authorised users listed in subclause (1) of this clause may use national student numbers only for one
or more of the following purposes:
? Monitoring and ensuring student enrolment and attendance.
? Ensuring education providers and students receive appropriate resourcing.
? Statistical purposes.
? Research purposes.
? Ensuring that students’ educational records are accurately maintained.
4. Revocation—This notice revokes the Education (National Student Numbers) Notice 2007 published in the New Zealand Gazette, 29 March 2007, No. 35, page 898.
Dated this 15th day of April 2008.
KAREN SEWELL, Secretary for Education.