Candidates may not:

• submit work which is not their own;
    
• lend work to other candidates;
    
• allow other candidates access to, or the use of, their source material, unless it is part of an authorised joint project;
   
• include work copied directly from books, the internet or other sources without acknowledgement or attribution;
     
• submit work typed or word-processed by a third person without acknowledgement. 

Irregularities in internally assessed components of examinations discovered prior to the signing of declarations of authentication need not be reported to Edexcel. The centre may instead decline to accept the work for assessment purposes.

If an irregularity is discovered by the centre after the signing of declarations of authentication, full details of the case must be submitted to Edexcel at the earliest opportunity. The matter will then be treated as a formal case of suspected malpractice. More information can be found in the ‘Guidance for dealing with suspected malpractice in examinations’ document, which can be found on the Joint Council website. A JCQ/M/01 form should be sent to Edexcel. 

Irregularities discovered by Edexcel will be reported to the centre.

Under the terms of Edexcel’s Regulations, candidates who breach the Regulations may be disqualified from subjects for which they have been entered with Edexcel in the current examination series.