Admissions (Amendment) Regulations, 2016

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L.N. 180 of 2016

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Admissions (Amendment) Regulations, 2016

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 Admissions (Amendment)

Regulations, 2016 and shall be read and construed as one with the Admissions

Regulations, 2016 of the University of Malta, published as Legal Notice 71 of 2016,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from October 2016 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 10 of the principal regulations

For regulation 10 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“Junior Students of the University

Applicants may be admitted to the University as Junior Students at the

Junior College of the University if they are in possession of six passes in the Secondary

Education Certificate (SEC) examination at grade 5 or better. The subjects offered at

SEC Level must include

Maltese, English Language, Mathematics; and

one of Biology, Chemistry, or Physics.”

Amendment to regulation 11 of the principal regulations

4. The following paragraph (4) shall be added after paragraph (3) of regulation

11 of the principal regulations.

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“(4) Where the Admissions Board has reason to believe that the presence

of an applicant within the University community could present a clear and present

danger to the well-being and safety of students and staff, or a significant risk that

their safety be imperilled, or that activities on campus be disrupted, the Board shall

on the basis of available evidence have the option to refuse admission, or to grant

admission subject to appropriate safeguards which shall be decided upon on an ad

hoc basis, or to delay admission until expert advice is obtained. For the avoidance

of doubt, evidence could also take the form of expert advice documented in a sworn

affidavit.”

Deletion of Appendix I of the principal regulations

5. Appendix I of the principal regulations shall be deleted.

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