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procedures: general
- If a Member of the University or other authorised person is of the opinion that a student member is in breach of the Code of Discipline or of University regulations he or she shall identify the Student Member by means of the Member’s identity card (which must be produced on demand), inform him or her of the alleged offence, and give the Student’s name and number to the Office for Academic Affairs with instructions to initiate the appropriate procedure in accordance with the Code of Discipline.
- If a Student Member, having been told of his or her alleged offence, refuses to identify him or herself, this shall be added to the charge laid against the Student, who shall be notified at the earliest practic able opportunity.
- Any person charged with an offence which is referred or appealed to the Disciplinary Committee shall either be given in person or sent by registered post to the address referred to in paragraph 4.2 above a written copy of the charge and the name of the person who made it at least three days before the initial hearing. He or she shall also be informed in writing of the time and venue of the hearing.
- A person who fails to comply with a penalty or sanction within one monthof receiving notice of the imposition of a penalty or sanction shall be guilty of a further offence, which may be punished by further sanction or penalty.
- During the INTRA Programme the normal regulations of the employing Company/Organisation will apply to Student Members taken on by the organisation concerned. Breaches of these regulations which are communicated to the University shall be considered to be breaches of the University's Code of Discipline and the provisions of the Code shall apply.
- When a student is outside the campus on an academic exercise or representing the University the provisions of this Code will apply.
- In cases where a Student Member has been found guilty in the Courts of acriminal offence, the University reserves the right to deal with the Member in accordance with this Code. Once a Member has been found guilty of such an offence, the Committee may act as if the case had been referred to it on the day the verdict was delivered, and the provisions of the Code in regard to identification and warning will be considered to have been complied with.
