V EXAMINATION PROCEDURES AND RESULTS
Article 21 Examination Procedures
(1) Examinations shall be held, at the dates and locations as determined by ACIIA®, and in accordance with the guidelines stipulated in Article 13 (2) e) above.
(2) National/regional associations shall be responsible for arranging and supervising the examinations to be held in their country/region in accordance with directions from the IEC concerning the administration of examinations.
(3) Misconduct whereby a candidate seeks to obtain unfair advantage by an act such as collaboration, misrepresentation, use of unauthorised material, etc. will result in the invalidation of his/her examination answers. In the case of serious violation, the IEC can invalidate all previously obtained results and exclude the candidate from participation in future examinations.
Article 22 Marking Procedures
(1) Marking of examination papers shall be completed in accordance with the guidelines stipulated in article 13 (2) e) to ensure rigor and uniformity among markers.
(2) The marking scale of the international (common) examination and final pass/fail decision with respect to each candidate sitting for the examinations shall be determined by the IEC, and similarly the marking scale and final pass/fail decision relating to the national (specific) examination shall be determined by the national/regional association.
Article 23 Examination Results
(1) Candidates will receive the results of the international (common) examinations on a pass/fail basis from the IEC through their national/regional associations, and those of the national (specific) examination from their national/regional association.
(2) The results of the national (specific) examination shall be reported to the IEC and passed to ACIIA® for the purpose of ongoing review.
(3) All the Examination papers must be passed within five years from the first registration for the candidate to gain the qualification. If the candidate fails to succeed in this all previous passes will be forfeited and the candidate would need to sit and pass all examinations again to gain the qualification.
(4) Public announcement of results of the international (common) examinations by the ACIIA® and national/regional associations shall be made pursuant to guidelines separately adopted by the ACIIA®
