Amendment AS03/2008

Evidence of Identity Standard

New Zealand Birth Certificate (Appendix A, page 105)

Standard fit is hereby amended by replacing the last sentence in paragraph 2 ("Birth certificates contain a warning to the effect that 'this certificate is not evidence of the person presenting it'.") with:

• "A birth certificate is not evidence of identity of the person presenting it."

New Zealand Driver Licence (Appendix A, pages 110 - 111)

Validity is hereby amended by:

• changing "ten years" to "up to eleven years".

Issuance process is hereby amended by:

• replacing "primary identification" in both lines 2 and 4 of paragraph 1 with "evidence of identity"
• deleting "or overseas driver licence" in line 5 of paragraph 1.

Legislation is hereby amended by:

• adding "Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999".

Further information is hereby amended by:

• replacing "www.ltsa.govt.nz" with "www.landtransport.govt.nz".

IR number (Appendix A, page 116)

Purpose is hereby amended by:

• deleting the second sentence, ie."All individuals receiving income in New Zealand are required to have an IR number."

International Driving Permit (Appendix B, page 119)

Sentence 2 under bullet point 2 ("The IDP is valid for 12 months from the date of issue.") is hereby replaced with:

• "New Zealand is a signatory to the 1949 United Nations Convention on Road Traffic. This permits New Zealand issued IDPs to have a maximum period of 12 months. A number of countries have since signed the 1968 United Nations Convention on Road Traffic. As a result, they are authorised to issue IDPs with a maximum period of validity of five years."