Regulations, 2012

L.N. 166 of 2012

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery – M.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 sections 75 and 79 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

- M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 and shall be read and

construed as one with the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery – M.D. – Degree Course

Regulations 1998, published as Legal Notice 137 of 1998, hereinafter referred to as

the “principal regulations”.

Applicability

Regulations 4 and 5 of these regulations shall apply from 1 October, 2011

onwards.

Regulation 6 of these regulations shall apply from 28 October, 2011

onwards.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

The following sub-paragraph (iii) shall be added after sub-paragraph (ii)

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

“(iii) the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Pharmaceutical Science)

with a classification of Second Class Honours or better; or”

Sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (4) of regulation 4 of the principal

regulations shall be renumbered as sub-paragraph (iv).

Addition of regulations 22 and 23 to the principal regulations

The following regulations 22 and 23 shall be added after regulation 21 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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