(a)
(b)
(c)
4.
a candidate in possession of a technical or scientific diploma or
degree from a university or technikon, involving at least a three- year
course of study;
a candidate in possession of any technical or scientific qualification,
which in the opinion of the Board, is sufficient to enable the candidate
to meet the requirements of the patent examinations; or
any candidate who has adequate practical experience in a technical or
scientific field, which in the opinion of the Board, is sufficient to enable
the candidate to meet the requirements of the patent examinations.
(a)
Every candidate shall, on or before the thirty-first (31) day of January
of the year in which he/she proposes to sit for any examination, apply
to the Board, on a form to be obtained from the office, to be enrolled
as a candidate;
(b)
A candidate shall submit to the Board, on first enrolment, proof of
his/her qualifications and an application for any exemption to which
he/she may consider himself/herself entitled, stating his/her proposed
course of study;
(c)
A candidate may be exempted by the Board from interpretation of
drawings in regulation 10 on the basis of any engineering or other
appropriate qualification or practical experience which, in the opinion
of the Board, is sufficient to enable the candidate to read and interpret
drawings; and
(d)
Late entries may be approved by the Board on good cause shown.
5.
A candidate who fails to pass or obtain an exemption from all of the subjects
in Group 1 of regulation 9 within a period of four calendar years after first
enrolling for the examination or, in the case of a candidate who first enrolled
for the examination before the publication of these regulations, within such
further period as the Board may determine, shall not be allowed to enrol for
any further examination of the Board except with the permission of the Board.
6.
A candidate who fails to pass or obtain an exemption from all of the subjects
in Group 2 of regulation 9 within a period of four calendar years after first
enrolling for any Group 2 subject or, in the case of a candidate who first
enrolled for any Group 2 subject before the publication of the these
regulations, within such further period as the Board may determine, shall not
be allowed to enrol for any further examination of the Board except with the
permission of the Board.
7.
Except with the permission of the Board, no candidate shall be allowed to
enrol for more than four subjects in any one year.
8.
Except where the Board otherwise, permits, a candidate shall have passed,
or been exempted from all the subjects in Group 1 of regulation 9 before the
candidate may enrol for subjects (e), (f) and (g) in regulation 9.
SUBJECTS FOR EXAMINATION
9.
The examination shall be conducted in the following subjects:
GROUP 1