Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019

Each of the following is a ground on which disciplinary action may be taken in respect of a registered professional engineer—

the registered professional engineer has contravened—

this Act or the regulations under this Act; or

a prescribed Act or law or a prescribed provision of a prescribed Act or law;

the registered professional engineer has engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct;

the registered professional engineer no longer meets the eligibility criteria for an area of engineering in respect of which the registered professional engineer is registered;

the registered professional engineer is not a fit and proper person to provide professional engineering services in an area of engineering in respect of which the registered professional engineer is registered;

the registered professional engineer obtained registration, or any required insurance, on the basis of information or a document that was false or misleading;

the registered professional engineer has failed to comply with a condition of the registered professional engineer's registration;

the registered professional engineer has failed to comply with an undertaking given to the Director under this Act, or to the Victorian Building Authority under the Building Act 1993;

the registered professional engineer has not paid a fee or other amount required to be paid under—

this Act or the regulations; or

a prescribed Act or law.

The Director may make inquiries to determine whether a ground exists for taking disciplinary action under this Part.