Magister Juris - M. Jur. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2000

L.N.147 of 2000

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Magister Juris - M. Jur. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2000

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections

30(5) and 31 (6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of

the University of Malta has promulgated the following regulations

made by the Senate of the University of Malta by virtue of the powers

conferred upon it by sections 31 and 35 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Magister Juris - M. Jur. -

Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 and shall be read and

construed as one with the Magister Juris - M. Jur. - Degree Course

(Amendment) Regulations, 2000, published as Legal Notice 192 of 1997,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable to courses starting In

October 2000 or later.

Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 7 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

"(2) In order to complete the Course students must obtain not less

than sixteen credits of which at least twelve must normally be in the area of

study chosen, with the option of taking the remaining number of credits from

another approved area of study, and be approved in the dissertation related

to the area of study followed."

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (4) of regulation 8 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

"( 4) A student who fails to obtain a minimum of ten credits at the

first sitting shall be considered to have definitively failed. A student failing in

an examination with a mark below 40%, or failing any resit, shall be

considered to have definitely failed, unless the Faculty Board, in exceptional

circumstances, decides to review the case."

Amendment of regulation 11 of the principal regulations

Regulation 11 shall be re-numbered regulation 12.

Addition of regulation 11 of the principal regulations

The following regulation 11 shall be added before regulation 12 of

the principal regulations

"11. (1) Where the University, with the approval of Senate, enters into

an agreement with a foreign university for the granting of the Degree jointly,

then the credits necessary to qualify for the Degree may be taken partly at the

University and partly at the foreign university as provided for in such

agreemen t.

(2) The Board of Examiners and the Degree Classification Board

shall, in those cases referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation, be

constituted in terms of decisions taken bv the appropriate governing bodies

of both institutions.

(3) In the instances governed bv this regulation the Degree shall

be awarded jointly on one certificate by both universities and shall be

conferred at either university as agreed between them."