Section 26: Regulations

26. Regulations (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Academic Council may, for the purposes of this Act, make regulations which shall come into operation on such date as may be fixed by the Academic Council. (2) (a) Any regulations made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be— (i) submitted as soon as they are made to the Board; and (ii) considered by the Board at its next meeting. (b) The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds of the members present at that meeting, modify or cancel any such regulations and those regulations shall, from the date of such resolution, have effect in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be. (3) The regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters— (a) the admission of students; (b) the courses of study including industrial training leading to degrees, diplomas and other academic qualifications; (c) the conditions on which students shall be admitted to courses of study leading to degrees, diplomas and other academic qualifications; (d) the conduct of examinations and the conditions on which students shall be admitted to such examinations; (e) the manner in which exemptions relating to the admission of students to examinations may be given; (f) the conditions and mode of appointment and duties of examining bodies and examiners; U9 – 11 [Issue 1] University of Technology, Mauritius Act (g) the equivalence of examinations and qualifications of any other institution or examination board for the purpose of admitting a student; (h) the assessment, evaluation and grading of students’ performance; (i) the award of degrees, diplomas and other academic qualifications; (j) the maintenance of discipline among the academic staff and the students; (k) the fees to be charged for courses of study, research and practical training and for admission to the examinations for degrees, diplomas and other academic qualifications; (l) the use of and access to any place of learning or research of resource centre; (m) academic dress; and (n) any other matter which, by this Act or the Statutes, is to be or may be specified in the regulations. PART VIII — 27. – 30. — SCHEDULE [Section 2] THE STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MAURITIUS