S.L. 458.20 Art. 11Supplementary examinations.

(1) Any student nurse who fails in any paper and/or in the practical and oral test of the preliminary examination may sit again in such paper and/or test provided he gives evidence to the satisfaction of the Council for Nurses and Midwives, of having undergone further satisfactory training and, if successful, to continue his course of studies: Provided than any such student nurse who fails at his second attempt at the preliminary examination shall, saving always the production of evidence that he has undergone further satisfactory training, be allowed to sit for the examination in such paper and/or test for the third time but, if successful, the following conditions shall apply:

(a) where any student is following a course of training which started before the 16th day of September, 1986, he shall continue his training in the same course of studies in the same group but will only be allowed to sit for the final examination (in accordance with provisions of the Training School for Registered * (General) Nurses Regulations, 1971 ) not earlier than four months and not later than six months after the

*Revoked by these Regulations. date when such final examination is due, during which period he must undergo further training to the satisfaction of the principal nursing tutor;

(b) where a student is following a course of training which starts or started after the 16th day of September, 1986, he shall -

(i) if the following course of studies has started more than six months after the course of studies he is currently following, sit for the final examination in accordance with the provisions of regulation 13 but not earlier than four months and not later than six months after the date when such final examination is due, during which period he must undergo further training to the satisfaction of the principal nursing tutor;

(ii) in any other case, join the final part of the following course of studies:

Provided further that no student who fails for the third time in the preliminary examination will be allowed to continue the course of studies.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, and of regulation 13, absence from an examination or from any part thereof shall be deemed to be a failure at that examination or part thereof.