University Suitability to Practise (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

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L.N. 238 of 2017

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Suitability to Practise (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

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 Suitability to Practise

(Amendment) Regulations, 2017, and shall be read and construed as one with the

University Suitability to Practise Regulations, 2016, published as Legal Notice 345

of 2016, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable as from 26 June 2017 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 9 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (5) of regulation 9 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(5) The Panel shall, within fifteen (15) working days from the day the

Complaint is referred to it by the Rector, inform the Student of the charge by means

of a letter to the address as provided by the Student to the University, by e-mail to

the Student’s University e-mail account, and by phone, together with a copy of these

regulations, as well as the date, time, and venue when the Student is to appear before

the Panel to answer to the charge.”

For paragraph (10) of regulation 9 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(10) The Rector shall notify the Student in writing of the disciplinary or other

measures being taken in the Student’s regard as soon as practicable, but in any case

not later than seven (7) working days from the date in which the report is received by

the Rector in accordance with sub-paragraph (9) of this regulation,

provided that where the Rector refers the report of the Panel to Senate in the manner

provided in regulation 13, the time period specified in this sub-paragraph shall be

taken to mean seven (7) working days from the date in which Senate communicates

its decision to the Rector.”

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