对于不能免试的学员来说是好事，因为ACCA10年有效期的老规则存在不公平性，比如无免科的学员需要把ACCA14科在10年内全部考完。有免科的学员层次不齐，有的免1科，有的免3科，有的免5科，有的甚至免9科，所有有免科的学员只需要把剩下的科目在10年呢考过即可。很显然确实存在不公平。

因此ACCA官方为了让所有学员都能享受公正待遇，推出了新规则：F段成绩永久有效，P阶段要在7年内考完。P阶段这7年有效期到期后，从P阶段首次考过科目开始滚动失效，需要重新参加考试。具体英文官方发文如下：

WHEN WILL THE NEW TIME LIMIT RULE TAKE EFFECT？

All current students on the register will have been given a last exam session date which is 10 years from when they initially registered. Under the new rules， if you have not completed the exams by your last session date you will not be removed from the register. However， you will lose any passes you may have achieved at the Professional level if you passed them more than seven years ago so these exams will have to be retaken. All Professional Level exams must be passed within a 7 year period.

If you are currently doing the Professional level， have passed your first Professional level examination prior to 2011 and do not anticipate completing the Professional level prior within your last exam session date - email us at students@accaglobal.com

New students registering with ACCA

The new seven year time rule at Professional level will apply to any new students registering with ACCA who are given March 2016 as their first eligible exam session. （ACCA will be offering four paper exam sessions in March， June， September and December by 2016）.

OXFORD BROOKES DEGREE AND TIME LIMITS

Please note if you want to achieve the Oxford Brookes BSc degree in Applied Accounting， the degree must be completed within 10 years of your initial registration on the ACCA Qualification otherwise your eligibility will be withdrawn. This rule remains unchanged.