Gonville, Not sure if this is the same rule a friend invoked when he was due to take his first 7 papers. He knew he wasn’t going to pass one of them at that time so elected not to take that paper and sat 6 papers at his first sitting (he gave the CAA prior notification I think). If I’m right you are allowed 6 sitting in total with a maximum of 4 attempts at each paper. If this is right my friend used his nounce and didn’t waste one of his 4 attempts