Important Examination Regulations.

The list appearing below is selective and not comprehensive. Full details of exam regulations and guidance for candidates will be sent out with letters of confirmation at the end of January 2012.

    1. The use of mobile phones and other electronic devices is not permitted and all such devices must be turned off before entering the examination room and remain off for the duration of the examinations.
    2. Candidates are not permitted to bring books, documents, articles or any papers other than proof of identity into the examination room. Any candidate in breach of this rule will have the material confiscated by the invigilator who will send a report to the Examinations Officer as soon as the examination has ended.
    3. Candidates must submit answers that are entirely their own work. Any collusion, or attempted collusion with others, will result in the candidate being excluded from the examination and a report sent to the Examinations Officer.
    4. Commercially manufactured stencils or templates may be allowed but must be declared to the invigilator prior to the start of the examination.
    5. Candidates may use their own calculators, provided that they conform to all of the following criteria:-
  • a) Functional integrity; i.e. designed only as a calculator and unable to perform any other function.
  • b) Non-programmable; i.e. incapable of storing information other than that provided to enable the calculator to perform its normal functions.
  • c) Self-contained with its own internal battery supply.
  • d) Silent in operation.

    6. Any calculator brought into the examination room must be seen by the invigilator to be in the 'off' mode before it is switched on for use. The use of calculators does not release candidates from the need to explain their working.
    7. The Institution reserves the right to exclude any candidate from any examination and to withhold any certificate of the Institution, whether by examination or otherwise, in the event of conduct that is in breach of the examinations regulations.
    8. The Institution reserves the right to amend and extend these examination regulations on an annual basis.