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University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2013
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
L.N. 333 of 2013
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP. 327)
University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2013
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 (3) and 79 (b) of the
said Act
Citation
These regulations may be cited as the University Undergraduate Awards
(Amendment) Regulations, 2013 and shall be read and construed as one with the
General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, published as Legal
Notice 127 of 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
Applicability
These regulations shall be applicable from 28 th June, 2013 onwards.
Addition of regulation 72 to the principal regulations
The following regulation 72 shall be added after regulation 71 of the
principal regulations
“72. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 36, where applicable,
the bye-laws of a course may provide that a successfully completed year of study in
one area of study, whether on a full-time or a part-time basis, may be followed again
in its entirety in an additional year to allow students one other opportunity to obtain
the minimum requirements required for progression within that programme,
provided that where the minimum requirements are based on study-units spread over
two years, the additional year may be availed of only once in either year.
(2) The original results obtained in the successfully completed area of
study shall not be taken into consideration for progression within the programme
or for the award of the degree and shall not be included in the student’s academic
record.
(3) Students may follow an additional year in terms of paragraph (1)
of this regulation once only in a course of study. This additional year shall not be
regarded as a repeat year and shall not count for the purpose of regulation 69.”
Re-numbering of regulations 72 to 82 of the principal regulations
Regulations 72 to 82 of the principal regulations shall be re-numbered as
regulations 73 to 83.
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