1. (a) The General Assembly authorise the Senatus to admit extra-denominational students to the College and to supervise their course, and also to admit at its discretion students who wish to study in a purely private capacity.
(b) The General Assembly instruct the Senatus to consider with great care all applications from extra-denominational students who, in normal circumstances, will be interviewed by not less than three professors and will be admitted only if the Senatus is satisfied that their spiritual and academic qualifications are such as to enable them to benefit from a course in the College.