under the auspices of the Faculty of Health Sciences

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L.N. 325 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

Paragraph (d) of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws shall be deleted.

Paragraphs (e) to (k) of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws shall be

renumbered as paragraphs (d) to (j).

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

For paragraph (3) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

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“(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 (i) 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.”

Amendment to bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“7. (1) The Course for the following areas shall extend over a period of

four years of full-time study, or their equivalent in part-time study: Applied Biomedical

Science, Communication Therapy, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy,

Podiatry, and Radiography.

(2) The Course for the Applied Food and Nutritional Sciences, Mental

Health Nursing and Nursing areas shall extend over a period of three years of full-

time study, or their equivalent in part-time study.”

Amendment to bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“8. The Degree may be awarded in terms of these bye-laws in any one of the

following areas of study: Applied Biomedical Science, Applied Food and Nutritional

Sciences, Communication Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, Midwifery, Nursing,

Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, and Radiography or in any other area

related to Health Sciences, following approval of Senate.”

Amendment to bye-law 9 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 9 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“9. The areas of study offered in any particular year and the respective

mode of attendance, shall be published by the Board before the commencement of

each Course.”

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Addition of bye-law 18 to the principal bye-laws

The following bye-law 18 shall be added after bye-law 17 of the

principal bye-laws

“Special Provisions for Part-Time Courses

The provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall apply mutatis mutandis to

courses followed on a part-time basis, and subject to such changes as may reasonably

be deemed by the Board of Studies as necessary due to the part-time nature of the

Course.”

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