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. 

If you discover any irregularity in internally assessed components of examinations before you have signed the declarations of authentication, you do not need to report this to us. Instead, you may decline to accept the work for assessment purposes.

If you discover an irregularity after signing the declarations of authentication, you must submit full details of the case to us at the earliest opportunity. The matter will then be treated as a formal case of suspected malpractice, and you should send us a JCQ/M/01 form. 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. 
 
Irregularities discovered by us will be reported to your centre.

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