Singapore legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Conditions of licence to practise
(1)
It is a condition of every licence granted to any corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership that professional engineering services relating to any of the prescribed branches of professional engineering work to be supplied in Singapore by the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership must be supplied by a professional engineer —
who is responsible for the professional engineering works;
who has in force a practising certificate authorising him or her to engage in professional engineering work to which those services relate; and
who is —
in the case of a corporation — a director or an employee of the corporation;
in the case of a partnership — a partner or an employee of the partnership;
in the case of a limited liability partnership — a partner or an employee of the limited liability partnership; or
a specialist professional engineer engaged by a corporation or limited liability partnership under a contract for service to provide specialised engineering services relating to the prescribed branch of professional engineering work supplied by the corporation or limited liability partnership, as the case may be.
(2)
It is a condition of every licence granted to any corporation, other than an unlimited corporation, or to any limited liability partnership that the corporation or limited liability partnership (as the case may be) must not supply professional engineering services relating to any of the prescribed branches of professional engineering work in Singapore unless the corporation or limited liability partnership is insured in respect of professional liability in accordance with section 34 and the rules.
(3)
Without affecting subsections (1) and (2), the Board may grant a licence subject to any other conditions that the Board thinks fit and may at any time vary any existing conditions (other than those specified in subsections (1) and (2)) of such a licence or impose additional conditions thereto.
(4)
Where the Board grants to a corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership a licence subject to conditions (other than those specified in subsections (1) and (2)), the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership may, if aggrieved by the decision of the Board, appeal in the prescribed manner to the Minister whose decision is final.[21