S.L. 458.21 Art. 11Supplementary examinations.

(1) Any pupil nurse who fails in the intermediate examination shall be allowed to sit again for such examination 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 that any such pupil nurse who fails at his second attempt at the intermediate examination shall, saving always the production of evidence that he has undergone further satisfactory training, be allowed to sit for the examination for the third time but, if successful, he shall -

(a) 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 10 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;

(b) in any other case, join the final part of the following course of studies: Provided further that no pupil who will have failed for the third time in the intermediate 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.