Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00996:reg:73
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00996
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 73
Character Range: 77111–78115

73      Prohibited communications during thesis examination

(1)    This section applies during the period that begins when the student's thesis is submitted for examination and ends when the final decision is made on the examination of the thesis.

(2)    An examiner must not knowingly disclose the content of the thesis to someone who is not involved in the examination of the thesis.

(3)    The student, or a person who is or has been a supervisor of the student during the program, must not knowingly communicate directly or indirectly with an examiner about the research on which the thesis is based.

(4)    An examiner must not knowingly communicate directly or indirectly with another examiner, the student, or a person who is or has been a supervisor of the student during the program, about the research on which the thesis is based.

(5)    Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to a communication made during an oral examination of the thesis or any other oral presentation for the thesis.