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==Regulations and examination practices==
The JCQ provides rules and regulations concerning the exams. These include:are updated annually and published on their website.
*Exam papers, secure downloads and on-screen tests should be kept in a secure storage facility, accessed only by the head of the examining centre or by the exams officer.
*Exams should start at 9:00 am for morning exams or 1:30 pm for afternoon exams, or at the awarding body's published start time (if different). Exams should not be started{{clarify|date=July 2020}} more than 30 minutes before or after the start time.
*Exam candidates must be supervised at all times, including if they have clashes, extra time or an earlier time.
*Calculators must not contain any electronic facilities prohibited by the board.
*All helpful material in the room must be removed, and a clock must be clearly visible to all candidates.
*All accessible exam help must take place separately, if it may help other candidates or disturb the environment.
*All candidates must be identified within the exam.{{clarify|date=July 2020}}
*Only official stationery and answer booklets may be used.
*No electronic or digital storage equipment can be used unless expressly stated on the exam paper. This includes iPods and MP3/4 players, mobile phones and reading pens.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
*Any such items taken into exam room must be at front of hall, or under candidate's desk at very least.
*Pencil cases must be transparent.
*Any food or drink must be clear of packaging and labels.
*Writing must be in black ink only.
*All work, including rough work, must be in the answer booklet and clearly labelled.
*Correcting pens, fluid and tape, erasable pens, reading pens and blotting paper are prohibited.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
*Highlighters, gel pens and coloured ink/pencils must not be used for answers.
*Late candidates should be allowed to sit the exam, but a full report must be made if the candidate is more than one hour late.
*Malpractice{{clarify|date=July 2020}} is prohibited and should be reported to the board immediately. The available penalties are: a warning, disqualification from that unit, disqualification from that entire qualification, or a ban from sitting all exams for a set period of time.
*In the case of an emergency, candidates are to be escorted in silence to a safe location away from other candidates not sitting the exam.{{clarify|date=July 2020}}
Any malpractice, lateness of more than one hour, candidates leaving the exam early, or disturbances should be reported to the board. A candidate's exam papers may then be cancelled in that exam, subject, or whole series. British examination boards for GCSEs and GCE A-levels (i.e. AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA) are obliged to comply with JCQ's regulations, whereas [[Cambridge Assessment International Education|Cambridge International]] are not obliged to comply with them for their international GCSEs.<ref>http://www.examofficers.org.uk/news/eoa-lastest-news/839-maidstone-makes-its-mark</ref>
==See also==
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