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Dear All Here at Dundee we issue electronic files to the 4 local councils in our area, these state the Name, Given Address and start and expected end dates. I was informed that because of the Tax Collection stipulation within the Data Protection Act 1998, we are able to produce these. It certainly cuts down on paper work etc. We also seek the student's permission on their Matriculation Schedules to release this information. Most say YES, and we only release those who do. Regards Norma . 29. - (1) Personal data processed for any of the following purposes- (a) the prevention or detection of crime, (b) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, or (c) the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or of any imposition of a similar nature, are exempt from the first data protection principle (except to the extent to which it requires compliance with the conditions in Schedules 2 and 3) and section 7 in any case to the extent to which the application of those provisions to the data would be likely to prejudice any of the matters mentioned in this subsection Norma Stewart Student Records Officer Registry University of Dundee Tel 01382 345392 Fax 01382 345343 >>> [log in to unmask] 10/12/2004 14:06:29 >>> Dear Colleagues We have been experiencing a problem with some local authorities recently. When we issue a certificate of attendance to a student to claim a reduction in council tax, a number of those certificates are being returned to us as unnacceptable by some authorities. They insist on some really odd requirements or they will not accept the certificate. For example, we have recently had one returned by Southwark which indicates that we must display the College's charity registration number and that we must indicate specifically how many hours a student studies. We have only ever stated that a programme is full-time or part-time; full-time is assumed to be 40 hours per week. However, Southwark have indicated that simply stating full-time on a certificate no longer satisfies their requirements. I have spoken to the local authority to try to communicate to them that some of what they require cannot really be certified, but it seems to fall on deaf ears. Has anyone else been experiencing this problem? Have you amended your certificate templates as a result of local authorities' requirements? If so, what amendments have you made? Many thanks Andy ____________________________ Andy Robinson BSc PhD Senior Assistant Registrar Student Administration Office Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road E1 4NS Phone: 020-7882 5549 Fax: 020-7882 7810 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Dawn Tindal Student Records Officer Registry University of Dundee 1 Airlie Place DUNDEE DD1 4HN Tel: 01382 348231 Fax: 01382 345343