Professional Engineers Regulation 2019

This regulation may be cited as the Professional Engineers Regulation 2019.

This regulation, other than part 5, commences on 8 July 2019.

Part 5 commences on 1 January 2020.

The dictionary in schedule 2 defines words used in this regulation.

This part states, for section 144(2)(b) of the Act, the procedures for the election of a registered professional engineer for appointment as a member of the board.

The registrar must publish a notice that states the election day for the election.

The notice must be published at least 2 months before the election day.

The registrar must publish a notice inviting nominations of candidates for the election.

The notice must—

state the day and time by which a nomination of a candidate must be received by the registrar; and

be published at least 28 days before the day mentioned in paragraph (a).

A nomination of a candidate for the election must be—

in the approved form; and

received by the registrar before the nomination day and time.

A nomination may be accompanied by a written statement by the candidate.

The statement by the candidate must not be more than 200 words.

If only 1 candidate is nominated under division 2—

the registrar is not required to conduct a ballot for the election; and

the candidate is taken to be elected unopposed.

The registrar must give the candidate and Minister written notice of the candidate’s election as soon as practicable after the nomination day and time.

Also, the registrar must publish a notice of the candidate’s election as soon as practicable after the candidate’s appointment to the board.

If more than 1 candidate is nominated under division 2, the registrar must conduct a ballot for the election under this division.

The registrar must, at least 35 days before the election day, publish a notice that—

states the election day and election closing time; and

states—

whether the registrar or a voting services provider is administering voting in the election; and

if a voting services provider is administering voting in the election—states the name and contact details of the voting services provider for the election; and

provides instructions on how an eligible engineer may cast a vote.

If a voting services provider is administering voting in the election, the registrar must publish the name and contact details of the voting services provider on the board’s website from the day the notice is published under subsection (1).

Immediately after publishing a notice under section 11, the registrar must ensure an electronic ballot form is accessible to each eligible engineer for the election.

If an eligible engineer wants to vote using a paper ballot form, the engineer must ask the entity administering voting in the election for a paper ballot form at least 28 days before the election day.

If the registrar is administering voting in the election, the registrar must send the engineer the following things at least 14 days before the election day—

a paper ballot form;

an unsealed envelope (the ballot envelope);

a return envelope.

If a voting services provider is administering voting in the election, the registrar must ensure the voting services provider will, for a request by an eligible engineer under subsection (2), send the engineer the printed voting material mentioned in subsection (3) at least 14 days before the election.