ExaminationsN.I.
7.—(1) For the purpose of ascertaining the proficiency in any subjects of persons desirous of being registered under this Order as pharmaceutical chemists, the Council may cause examinations to be held at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed, and shall appoint examiners to conduct any such examinations.
(2) A person shall not conduct any such examination until his appointment has been approved by the Head of the Department, and such appointment shall not continue in force for more than five years except with the consent of the Head of the Department on application being made by the Council.
(3) The Society shall allow the Pharmacy Inspector or any other officer appointed by the Department for that purpose to be present during the progress of any examination held for the purposes of this Order.
(4) Examiners appointed to conduct any examination under this Article may, after such examination, grant or refuse to the persons taking part in the examination, as the examiners in their discretion may consider fit, recognition of the proficiency of such persons in the subjects of the examination, or any of them.
(5) The Council may make arrangements for the holding of examinations for the purposes of this Order with—
(a)any university in Northern Ireland;
(b)any institution of further education or other body in Northern Ireland which may be prescribed for the holding of such examinations.
(6) For the purpose of ascertaining the proficiency of candidates in any subject, the Council may recognise—
(a)the examinations of, or any examinations accepted by—
(i)any university in Northern Ireland; or
(ii)any institution or body such as is referred to in paragraph (5)( b) which is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph;
(b)the examinations of—
(i)any other university in the United Kingdom;
(ii)any body in the United Kingdom which is recognised by the Council as a body of comparable academic status to a university and is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.