sec.85Application for special arrangements for personal capacity circumstances

sec.85 Application for special arrangements for personal capacity circumstances

This section applies if a person reasonably believes a person’s capacity to perform in an external assessment will be adversely affected by any of the following circumstances (each a personal capacity circumstance )— a disability of the person; an impairment of the person; a medical condition of the person; another circumstance. The person may apply to the authority to allow the person to take the external assessment under special arrangements (a special arrangements application ) that take account of the personal capacity circumstance. The application must be in the approved form. The application must be made on or before 31 May of the year in which the external assessment is to be taken. However, the authority may at any time extend the time for making the application. (sec.85-ssec.1) This section applies if a person reasonably believes a person’s capacity to perform in an external assessment will be adversely affected by any of the following circumstances (each a personal capacity circumstance )— a disability of the person; an impairment of the person; a medical condition of the person; another circumstance. (sec.85-ssec.2) The person may apply to the authority to allow the person to take the external assessment under special arrangements (a special arrangements application ) that take account of the personal capacity circumstance. (sec.85-ssec.3) The application must be in the approved form. (sec.85-ssec.4) The application must be made on or before 31 May of the year in which the external assessment is to be taken. (sec.85-ssec.5) However, the authority may at any time extend the time for making the application.

• (a) a disability of the person;
• (b) an impairment of the person;
• (c) a medical condition of the person;
• (d) another circumstance.