A-level
LAW
7162/3A
Paper 3A Contract
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Version:r1.0rFinalrMarkrScheme
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, MARKrSCHEMEr–rA-LEVELrLAWr–r7162/3Ar–rJUNEr2022
Level of response marking instructions
r r r r
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orrtherlevelrshowsrtheraveragerperformancerforrtherlevel.rThererarermarksrinreachrlevel.
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rfindrthatrforrbetterranswersryourwillrberablertorquicklyrskiprthroughrtherlowerrlevelsrof rthermarkrscheme.
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nrhelprwithrthis.rTherexemplarrmaterialsrusedrduringrstandardisationrwillrhelp.rThererwillrberanranswerrinrtherst
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werrbasedronrtherLeadrExaminer’srmarkronrtherexample.
Yourmayrwellrneedrtorreadrbackrthroughrtheranswerrasryourapplyrthermarkrschemertorclarifyrpointsrandrassur
eryourselfrthatrtherlevelrandrthermarkrarerappropriate.
Indicativercontentrinrthermarkrschemerisrprovidedrasrarguiderforrexaminers.rItrisrnotrintendedrtorberexhaustivera
ndryourmustrcreditrotherrvalidrpoints.rStudentsrdornotrhavertorcoverrallrofrtherpointsrmentionedrinrtherindicativer
contentrtorreachrtherhighestrlevelrofrthermarkrscheme.
Anranswerrwhichrcontainsrnothingrofrrelevancertortherquestionrmustrberawardedrnormarks.
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LAW
7162/3A
Paper 3A Contract
r r
Mark scheme
r
June 2022
r
Version:r1.0rFinalrMarkrScheme
*JUN227162/3A/MS*
, MARKrSCHEMEr–rA-LEVELrLAWr–r7162/3Ar–rJUNEr2022
MarkrschemesrarerpreparedrbyrtherLeadrAssessmentrWriterrandrconsidered,rtogetherrwithrtherrelevantrque
stions,rbyrarpanelrofrsubjectrteachers.rThisrmarkrschemerincludesranyramendmentsrmaderatrtherstandardis
ationreventsrwhichrallrassociatesrparticipaterinrandrisrtherschemerwhichrwasrusedrbyrthemrinrthisrexaminatio
n.rTherstandardisationrprocessrensuresrthatrthermarkrschemercoversrtherstudents’rresponsesrtorquestionsr
andrthatreveryrassociaterunderstandsrandrappliesritrinrthersamercorrectrway.
Asrpreparationrforrstandardisationreachrassociateranalysesrarnumberrofrstudents’rscripts.rAlternativeranswersr
notralreadyrcoveredrbyrthermarkrschemerarerdiscussedrandrlegislatedrfor.rIf,rafterrtherstandardisationrprocess,
rassociatesrencounterrunusualranswersrwhichrhavernotrbeenrraisedrtheyrarerrequiredrtorreferrthesertortherLead
rExaminer.
Itrmustrberstressedrthatrarmarkrschemerisrarworkingrdocument,rinrmanyrcasesrfurtherrdevelopedrandrexpa
ndedronrtherbasisrofrstudents’rreactionsrtorarparticularrpaper.rAssumptionsraboutrfuturermarkrschemesronrt
herbasisrofroneryear’srdocumentrshouldrberavoided;rwhilstrtherguidingrprinciplesrofrassessmentrremainrco
nstant,rdetailsrwillrchange,rdependingronrthercontentrofrarparticularrexaminationrpaper.
Furtherrcopiesrofrthisrmarkrschemerareravailablerfromraqa.org.uk
Copyrightrinformation
AQArretainsrthercopyrightronrallritsrpublications.rHowever,rregisteredrschools/collegesrforrAQArarerpermittedrtorcopyrmaterialrfromrthisrbookletrforrtheirrownrinterna
lruse,rwithrtherfollowingrimportantrexception:r AQArcannotrgiverpermissionrtorschools/collegesrtorphotocopyranyrmaterialrthatrisracknowledgedrtorarthirdrpartyrevenrf
orrinternalruserwithinrthercentre.
Copyrightr©r2022rAQArandritsrlicensors.rAllrrightsrreserved.
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, MARKrSCHEMEr–rA-LEVELrLAWr–r7162/3Ar–rJUNEr2022
Level of response marking instructions
r r r r
Levelrofrresponsermarkrschemesrarerbrokenrdownrintorlevels,reachrofrwhichrhasrardescriptor.rTherdescriptorrf
orrtherlevelrshowsrtheraveragerperformancerforrtherlevel.rThererarermarksrinreachrlevel.
Beforeryourapplyrthermarkrschemertorarstudent’sranswerrreadrthroughrtheranswerrandrannotateritr(asrinstr
ucted)rtorshowrtherqualitiesrthatrarerbeingrlookedrfor.rYourcanrthenrapplyrthermarkrscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
r r r r
Startratrtherlowestrlevelrofrthermarkrschemerandruseritrasrarladderrtorseerwhetherrtheranswerrmeetsrtherdescri
ptorrforrthatrlevel.rTherdescriptorrforrtherlevelrindicatesrtherdifferentrqualitiesrthatrmightrberseenrinrtherstudent’
sranswerrforrthatrlevel.rIfritrmeetsrtherlowestrlevelrthenrgortorthernextronerandrdeciderifritrmeetsrthisrlevel,randrs
oron,runtilryourhaverarmatchrbetweenrtherlevelrdescriptorrandrtheranswer.rWithrpracticerandrfamiliarityryourwill
rfindrthatrforrbetterranswersryourwillrberablertorquicklyrskiprthroughrtherlowerrlevelsrof rthermarkrscheme.
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nearrthertoprofrtherlevelrbecauserofrtherlevelr4rcontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
r r r r
Onceryourhaverassignedrarlevelryourneedrtordecideronrthermark.rTherdescriptorsronrhowrtorallocatermarksrca
nrhelprwithrthis.rTherexemplarrmaterialsrusedrduringrstandardisationrwillrhelp.rThererwillrberanranswerrinrtherst
andardisingrmaterialsrwhichrwillrcorrespondrwithreachrlevelrofrthermarkrscheme.rThisranswerrwillrhaverbeenra
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fritrisrthersamerstandard,rbetterrorrworserthanrtherexample.rYourcanrthenruserthisrtorallocaterarmarkrforrtherans
werrbasedronrtherLeadrExaminer’srmarkronrtherexample.
Yourmayrwellrneedrtorreadrbackrthroughrtheranswerrasryourapplyrthermarkrschemertorclarifyrpointsrandrassur
eryourselfrthatrtherlevelrandrthermarkrarerappropriate.
Indicativercontentrinrthermarkrschemerisrprovidedrasrarguiderforrexaminers.rItrisrnotrintendedrtorberexhaustivera
ndryourmustrcreditrotherrvalidrpoints.rStudentsrdornotrhavertorcoverrallrofrtherpointsrmentionedrinrtherindicativer
contentrtorreachrtherhighestrlevelrofrthermarkrscheme.
Anranswerrwhichrcontainsrnothingrofrrelevancertortherquestionrmustrberawardedrnormarks.
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