under the auspices of the Faculty of Health Sciences

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L.N. 131 of 2018

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2018 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2010 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) -

under the auspices of the Faculty of Health Sciences

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 bye-laws made by the Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences in virtue

of the powers conferred upon it by article 81 (1) (c) of the said Act and which have

been approved by the Senate of the University of Malta as required by article 81 (2)

of the said Act

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2018 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2010 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - and

shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2010 in terms of the General

Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor

of Science - B.Sc. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Health Sciences,

published as Legal Notice 186 of 2005, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-

laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2018 or later.

Amendment to bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (j) of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(j) Podiatry: a pass at Advanced Level at Grade C or better in Biology and a

pass at Intermediate Level in either Chemistry or Physics; and”

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Amendment to bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws

The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of bye-

law 4 of the principal bye-laws

“(3) Applicants choosing the Podiatry area of study who possess a grade D

instead of a grade C in the Advanced Level indicated in paragraph (j) of bye-law 3

shall be admitted under those conditions as the Admissions Committee of the Faculty

of Health Sciences may impose to compensate for the missing element. If, by the

end of the first year of the Course, such students do not successfully complete all the

requirements to progress regularly to the second year of the Course, they shall be

required to withdraw from the Course, and shall neither be entitled to repeat the year

nor to progress conditionally as normally permitted under the Principal Regulations.”

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