- Students have ten years to complete all examination papers from the date of registration
- The pass marks for all papers are 50%
- There are two manual examination sessions per year - one in June and one in December
- Up to four papers can be taken in a single examination session
- Credits gained successfully in Fundamentals and Professional Level Papers can be retained, to prevent unnecessary re-taking of examinations
- The Knowledge module must be completed before the Essentials & Options module can be attempted
- All papers of the Essentials module have to be passed before any paper of options module is taken