S.L. 327.88 Art. 27Eligibility of examiners.

(1) No person shall be appointed as a member of a Board of

Examiners, as an auxiliary examiner or as a reviewer of any

Assessment if:

(a) he is related to a student by consanguinity or by affinity to the third degree inclusive; or

(b) he has been, at any time during the academic year to which the Assessment refers, a guardian of a student; or

(c) he is in a dual or multiple relationship with the student; or

(d) he is precluded from examining in terms of the Consanguinity/Affinity/Dual Relationship Policy approved by Senate; or

(e) for any other ethical reason which in the opinion of the Rector justifies the non-appointment of the individual as an examiner.

(2) The Rector, acting on behalf of Senate, shall appoint another examiner in place of the member who is so disqualified, after consultation with the Dean of the Faculty concerned.

(3) If, prior to the commencement or during the progress of an examination, the Rector is satisfied that a member of a Board of Examiners is unable to perform or to continue to perform his duties, the Rector shall, after consultation with the Dean of the faculty concerned, appoint another examiner in place of that member: Provided that, in the case of an oral examination, or a clinical assessment, or similar examinations, the Board of Examiners may act in the absence of one of its members who is unable to be present as long as any such assessment is conducted by at least two examiners.

(4) Where the examiner who is replaced is the chairman of the Board of Examiners, the Rector shall appoint a new chairman and such substitute examiners as may be necessary. The substitute chairman shall be the head of another department within the same faculty or a lecturer from the department concerned.