Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01799:reg:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01799
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 14
Character Range: 14294–15615

14      Recommendation by Deputy Vice-Chancellor: doctorates other than Doctor of Medicine

(1)    This section applies if the panel established under this Part for a candidate's application to be admitted as a candidate for a higher doctorate recommends to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor that the candidate be granted the higher doctorate.

(2)    The Deputy Vice-Chancellor must consider the examiners' reports and the panel's recommendation.

(3)    The Deputy Vice-Chancellor must recommend to the Vice-Chancellor that the candidate be awarded the higher doctorate if, after considering the examiners' reports and the panel's recommendation, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor is of the opinion that the submitted works:

(a)    represent outstanding creative achievement or an outstanding contribution to the field of knowledge in which the submitted works fall; or

(b)    exhibit a level of originality that stamp the candidate as a major authority in that field.

(4)    If, after considering the examiners' reports and the panel's recommendation, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor is not of the opinion mentioned in subsection (3), the Deputy Vice-Chancellor must, by written notice given to the candidate, tell the candidate that the candidate is not to be awarded the higher doctorate.

Part 4—Candidates for Doctor of Medicine