Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020

The recognition of a person as a registered professional engineer because the person is registered or recognised as a practitioner by a professional body of engineers may occur only if the professional body of engineers is recognised by the Secretary.

The Secretary may recognise a professional body of engineers only if the Secretary is satisfied that—

the professional body’s recognition or registration scheme—

adequately provides for the assessment of qualifications and competencies of professional engineers in an area of engineering, and

is consistent with national and international standards for the recognition of professional engineers, and

has fees that are reasonable having regard to the scope of the services being offered, and

includes adequate continuing professional development requirements for professional engineers and an effective audit program to ensure continuing registration requirements are met, and

meets the requirements, if any, prescribed by the regulations, and

complies with guidelines, if any, adopted and published by the Secretary, and

the professional body has—

adequate procedures for monitoring and improving the assessment process carried out under the scheme, and

the financial capacity and facilities to conduct assessments of qualifications and competencies, and

a proven capacity to undertake independent and authoritative assessments in a timely manner.

Subject to subsection (2), the regulations may make further provision for or with respect to the recognition by the Secretary of a professional body of engineers for the purposes of this Act, including—

applications for, or for renewal of, recognition, including recognition by the Secretary for reasons the Secretary considers relevant,

refusal of recognition, including refusal of recognition by the Secretary for reasons the Secretary considers relevant,

conditions of recognition, including conditions relating to the keeping of records, disclosure of information, the investigation or auditing of professional bodies of engineers or other conditions imposed by the Secretary, including conditions the Secretary considers relevant,

variation of conditions of recognition,

fees for applications for, renewal of or variation of conditions of recognition,

the duration of recognition, including a duration set by the Secretary,

the suspension or cancellation of recognition, including suspension or cancellation by the Secretary for reasons the Secretary considers relevant,

the functions of recognised professional bodies of engineers relating to registering or recognising practitioners.