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Use of Statutes and other Materials in Examinations 2009

At the beginning of each academical year the Faculty Board of Law gives notice of the statutes and other materials that candidates may use in examinations in the following Easter Term, and copies of this notice can be obtained from Directors of Studies.

Candidates will be allowed to take into any examination a bilingual dictionary together with any materials specified in the Faculty’s notice (electronic dictionaries are not permitted). The permitting of bilingual dictionaries does not extend to specialised legal bilingual dictionaries. Candidates are forbidden to take into any examination any materials other than those specified. Where materials are allowed, candidates must use their own copies, which must contain no annotations other than amendments to the texts of statutes, and non-literary markings (e.g. underlining, highlighting, circling, or expression marks). Post-it notes or other stickers may be used. Where such stickers are used, candidates may write on them the name of a statute and the number of a section and nothing else. Where candidates are permitted to bring into the examination individual statutes or other provisions published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, only the original HMSO texts may be used. A candidate infringing these rules will normally be required to surrender his or her copy and may be reported for a breach of the University regulations on discipline. Severe penalties have been imposed in such cases. A candidate who has to surrender his or her copy will not be provided with replacement materials to use in the examination. In the case of materials produced by the Faculty, candidates will be permitted to use only the current year's issue and no other. Such materials will be available only from the Law Faculty Office and will be stamped 'For use in Examinations in 2009’.