IT:AD:National Student Index (NSN)
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Summary
The text of the Education Act 1989 covers the use of the NSN.
A summary of it is as follows:
- Authorise the use by [MOE|Providers|NZQA|Tertiary] of [NSN] for specific purposes, in order to facilitate the accurate use and transfer *, by [MOE|Providers|NZQA|Tertiary], of information relating to individual students. NSN can be assigned to any kid who will be educated.
- The Secretary can authorise or require the use of the NSN by [MOE|Providers|NZQA|Tertiary], but only for the purpose they have been granted and Gazetteer-ed, which will be one or more of:
- (a) monitoring and ensuring student enrolment and attendance:
- (ab) encouraging attendance at early childhood services:
- (b) ensuring education providers and students receive appropriate resourcing:
- © statistical purposes, research purposes, quality
- (e) ensuring that students’ educational records are accurately maintained:
- (f) establishing and maintaining student identities to support students’ participation in online learning.
* A person (person A) who is not an authorised user commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, keeps a record of, or requires the disclosure of, the NSN of person B if the NSN is, or is capable by person A of being linked to any information that may lead person A to the identification of person B.
Notes
- Is TAHI an Authorised user?
- Is it Gazeteered? (Unknown)
- Is it requiring Disclosure? (Yes)
- Is it leading Person A (N4L) to being capable of identification of person B (student)? (Yes).
Full Text
The full version is included below.
- Part 30: National student numbers
- 341 Purpose:
- The purpose of this Part is to authorise the use by authorised users of national student numbers for specific purposes, in order to facilitate the accurate use and transfer *, by authorised users, of information relating to individual students. * 342: Interpretation. * In this Part, * *authorised user means
- (a) an education provider; and
- (b) the Ministry; and
- © the New Zealand Qualifications Authority; and
- (d) the Tertiary Education Commission; and
- (e) the Service continued by section 279; and
- (f) any other agency or body declared by regulations made under section 347 to be an authorised user early childhood service means a licensed early childhood service (as defined in section 309)
- education provider means
- (a) an early childhood service; and
- (b) a registered school as defined in section 2; and
- © a tertiary education organisation, being an organisation as defined in section 159B
- Ministry means the department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Part
- Secretary means the chief executive of the Ministry.
- 343: Assigning national student numbers
- (1) The Secretary may assign a national student number to any student who
- (a) is enrolled with an education provider; or
- (b) has been granted an exemption under section 21 or section 22.
- (1A) The Secretary may also assign a national student number to any child under the age of 6 years if the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that—
- (a) the child is unlikely to attend an early childhood service; and
- (b) the child is likely to benefit from attending such a service.
- (2) On the date on which this Part comes into force, every national student number that is already assigned to a person is deemed to be a national student number assigned under this section to that person.
- 344: Use of national student numbers
- (1) The Secretary may authorise or require an authorised user to use national student numbers.
- (2) The Secretary may authorise or require an authorised user to use national student numbers only for the purpose of, or for a specific purpose falling within, any 1 or more of the following:
- (a) monitoring and ensuring student enrolment and attendance:
- (ab) encouraging attendance at early childhood services:
- (b) ensuring education providers and students receive appropriate resourcing:
- © statistical purposes:
- (d) research purposes:
- (e) ensuring that students’ educational records are accurately maintained:
- (f) establishing and maintaining student identities to support students’ participation in online learning.
- (3) Every authorisation or requirement under this section must be made by notice in the Gazette, and
- (a) takes effect on the date, specified in the notice, on or after the date of the notice; and
- (b) may be subject to conditions.
- (4) An authorisation or requirement may be made generally (by reference to a class of authorised user) or specifically (by reference to a named authorised user).
- (5) An authorised user to whom any 1 or more authorisations relates is authorised to use national student numbers in accordance with the terms of the authorisations.
- (6) An authorised user that is required to use national student numbers for a specific purpose must use national student numbers for that purpose.
- 345. Person may use or disclose own national student number
- Despite anything in this Part, a person may use or disclose his or her own national student number for any purpose.
- 346 Offences
- (1) An authorised user commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $15,000, who uses or discloses a person’s national student number otherwise than in accordance with the authorisations under section 344 that apply to that user.
- (2) A person (person A) who is not an authorised user commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $15,000, who, without reasonable excuse, keeps a record of, or requires the disclosure of, the national student number of another person (person B) if the number is, or is capable by person A of being, linked to any information that may lead person A to the identification of person B.