Preferences for concession cards 101-06060010

Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) naming conventions and examples for card print out

Table 1: only legal names will display on the cards. The surname in these examples are coded as XXXXXXX.

Name rules for PCC	Example from mainframe	Example from card print out
Characters are in UPPER case	JOHN ALEX XXXXXXX	JOHN A XXXXXXX
Maximum of 32 characters are printed	ALEXANDER BARRINGTON XXXXXXX	ALEXANDER B XXXXXXX
Middle name is always initial only	JAMES PETER XXXXXXX	JAMES P XXXXXXX
Spaces and hyphens are considered one character	MARY JANE ELIZABETH XXXXXXX	MARY JANE E XXXXXXX
Where a name is greater than 32 characters long and regardless of whether hyphens and/or spaces are used in the name, only 32 characters will be printed based on the following rules: Truncate first name then family name when 32 characters are exceeded.	SARINA-CHERYLLYNNE XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX MOHAMMED KHALRAZ RASHEED XXXXXXX	SARINA-CHERYLL XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX MOHAMMED KHALRAZ R XXXXXXX

Table 2: only legal names will display on the cards. The surname in these examples are coded as XXXXXXX.

Name rules for HCC	Example from mainframe	Example from card print out
Characters are in UPPER case	JOHN ALEX XXXXXXX	JOHN A XXXXXXX
Maximum of 26 characters are printed	ALEXANDER BARRINGTON XXXXXXX	ALEXANDER B XXXXXXX
Middle name is always initial only	JAMES PETER XXXXXXX	JAMES P XXXXXXX
Spaces and hyphens are considered one character	MARY JANE ELIZABETH XXXXXXX	MARY JANE E XXXXXXX
Where a name is greater than 26 characters long and regardless of whether hyphens and/or spaces are used in the name, only 26 characters will be printed based on the following rules: Truncate first name then family name when 26 characters are exceeded.	SARINA-CHERYLLYNNE XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX MOHAMMED KHALRAZ RASHEED XXXXXXX	SARINA-C XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX MOHAMMED KHALRAZ XXXXXXX

Table 3: only legal names will display on the cards. The surname in these examples are coded as XXXXXXX.

Name rules for CSHC	Example from mainframe	Example from card print out
Characters are in UPPER case	JOHN ALEX XXXXXXX	JOHN A XXXXXXX
Maximum of 32 characters are printed	ALEXANDER BARRINGTON XXXXXXX	ALEXANDER B XXXXXXX
Middle name is always initial only	JAMES PETER XXXXXXX	JAMES P XXXXXXX
Spaces and hyphens are considered one character	MARY JANE ELIZABETH XXXXXXX	MARY JANE E XXXXXXX
Where a name is greater than 32 characters long and regardless of whether hyphens and/or spaces are used in the name, only 32 characters will be printed based on the following rules: Truncate first name then family name when 26 characters are exceeded.	SARINA-CHERYLLYNNE XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX MOHAMMED KHALRAZ RASHEED XXXXXXX	SARINA-C XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX MOHAMMED KHALRAZ XXXXXXX