MT
Regulations, 2012
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
L.N. 161 of 2012
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP. 327)
Bachelor of Dental Surgery – B.Ch.D. – Degree Course (Amendment)
Regulations, 2012
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5) and 75
(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 articles 75 and 79 of the said Act
Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Bachelor of Dental Surgery – B.Ch.D.
– Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 and shall be read and construed
as one with the Bachelor of Dental Surgery – B.Ch.D. – Degree Course Regulations,
1998, published as Legal Notice 136 of 1998, hereinafter referred to as “the principal
regulations”.
Applicability
Regulation 4 of these regulations shall apply from 1 October 2011
onwards.
Regulation 5 of these regulations shall apply from 27 January 2012
onwards.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal regulations
For regulation 5 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the
following
“5. (1) The Course shall extend over a period of five years and shall be
divided into two parts: the Pre-Clinical Course of two years’ duration and the Clinical
Course of three years’ duration.
(2) Except with the permission of the Board, students must follow the
Course without interruption or repetition. The Board may allow students to suspend
their studies only once during the Course. The Board may allow students to repeat a
year once in each of the two parts of the Course.”
Addition of regulations 10 and 11 to the principal regulations
The following regulations 10 and 11 shall be added after regulation 9 of
the principal regulations
“Consequences of Withdrawal from the Course
As from the academic year 2010/11, when a student withdraws from
the Course either by choice or because ineligible to proceed further in terms of these
regulations, and has successfully completed the equivalent of three years of full-
time study, the student may request to be awarded the degree of Bachelor in General
Studies (B. Gen. St.). Students who partially completed the degree programme prior
to the academic year 2010/11 and who satisfy the provisions of this regulation shall
have the right to request, on entry into force of this regulation, to be awarded the
degree of Bachelor in General Studies without prejudice and ex gratia, provided that
this degree shall not be granted retroactively.
The Final Weighted Average Mark for the degree of Bachelor in General
Studies shall be based on the results obtained in the first three years of the Course, all
years being weighted equally and shall be classified as follows
Category I
Category IIA
Category IIB
Category III.”
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