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Amendment AS03/2008

(Amendment to the Evidence of Identity Standard, 31 March 2008)

New Zealand Birth Certificate (Appendix A, page 105)


        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.


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.


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