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Before the Examination

1. You may only sit the paper(s) chosen by you and shown on the examination docket.
2. You may only sit at the examination centre shown on the examination docket.
3. You should retain the examination docket and take it with you to the examination centre where:
   - it will ensure your entry to the examination
   - it will be used to verify your identity during the examination
   - it will be retained by the centre supervisor after your last examination in the session.
4. In addition to the examination docket, you should also take your Student Registration Card to the examination centre.
5. If you have lost your Student Registration Card, please write to ACCA Student Services to request a new one as soon as possible (enclosing one passport-size photograph and a cheque/bank draft to the value of £10 sterling).
6. In the absence of either of the above please take another means of identity, such as your passport, to the examination centre. If you are unable to prove your identity you may not be permitted to sit your examination(s).
7. Please pay close attention to the Supervisor's announcement at the beginning of each examination. This will include important information relating to safety within the examination hall. Please also ensure that you know where the fire exists are.
8. Each desk in the examination hall is numbered; please ensure that you are sitting at the correct desk by referring to the desk number shown on the examination docket. If you are taking more than one paper, please note that your desk number may vary from paper to paper and if you do not sit at the correct desk your script may be rendered invalid.

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During the Examination

1. Please ensure that you arrive on time for your examination(s) as you will not be given extra time if you are late.
2. The supervisor will not allow you to enter the examination hall after the first hour of the examination.
3. You are not permitted to leave the hall permanently until the end of the session.
4. If you are required to leave the hall for a short period at any time, you will be escorted by an invigilator.
5. You may take to your desk:
   - rulers, pens, pencils and an eraser or correction fluid
   - A slide-rule, logarithm tables, geometrical instruments and charting templates
   - A noiseless, cordless pocket calculator which may be programmable but which may not have a printout or graphic/word display facility in any language.
6. Mobile phones or pagers should be switched off at all times in the examination hall and are NOT permitted to be taken to your desk under any circumstances.
7. Before the examination begins please complete the following details on your candidate registration sheet in black pen and on the front of your script booklet (please note that your name should not appear on your script booklet):
   - Your student registration number
   - Your desk number
   - Your examination centre/hall code number
   - Your examination paper name and number
   - (Where appropriate) your examination paper law/tax variant code or your examination paper IAS stream code
   - (At the end of the examination) please also indicate the question numbers which you have attempted during the examination.
8. Please also ensure that you include these details on any continuation sheet which may be given to you during the examination and note that no extra time is allowed for this at the end of the examination.
9. Please leave all bags and briefcases at a point indicated by the Supervisor. ACCA and the HKEAA cannot accept responsibility for the theft or loss of, or damage to any items left in the examination hall.
10. Please ensure that you have been given the correct examination paper by comparing the front cover of your examination paper with the paper designation code on the examination docket.
11. Please do not smoke in the examination hall.
12. ACCA does not implement a dress code for its examinations. However, please dress for your examination(s) in a manner which will not cause offence to your fellow candidates.
13. Before, during and after your examination(s), please do not behave in a manner which will distract your fellow candidates. Inappropriate behaviour will be reported to ACCA by the Supervisor.
14. Please do not open your question paper or start writing in your script booklet until the Supervisor begins the examination.
15. It is in your direct interest to show your rough workings for each question, in the script booklet. This will help the marker accurately assess your performance in the examination.
16. Please stop writing as soon as the Supervisor ends the examination. Please do not then leave your desk until the Supervisor permits you to do so.

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After the Examination

1. Please submit your completed script booklet, candidate registration sheet, question paper and any unused stationery to the Invigilator/Supervisor at the end of the examination. No item of stationery should be removed from the examination hall.
2. If you feel that you do not wish your examination script to be marked, please indicate this by writing clearly a statement to this effort on the front cover of your script and signing your name. Your decision at this time will be final as ACCA will not accept any request which you may later make to have your script marked.
3. Your examination result will be sent to you approximate 9 weeks after your examination(s). The date for despatch of results is given in your Students Accountant Magazine.
4. The names of all ACCA affiliates will be published in the UK national press following each examination session. If you are a potential affiliate and you do not wish your name to be published, please inform Student Services by either 1 July (for the June session) or 1 January (for the December session).
5. Your worked examination script(s) and candidate registration sheet(s) remain(s) the property of ACCA and will not be returned to you.
6. Your examination entry fees are not refundable or transferable.

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