Singapore legislation
Section 46
Section 46
Register of fire safety engineers
(1)
The Commissioner must keep and maintain at the Commissioner’s office a register of fire safety engineers, in which must be entered the names of all persons registered as fire safety engineers, the qualifications by virtue of which they are each so registered and such other particulars in relation to the person as may from time to time be determined by the Commissioner.
(2)
The name and particulars of a fire safety engineer —
who has died; or
who has no address in Singapore at which he or she can be found,must be removed from the register of fire safety engineers.
(3)
In addition, once any decision of the Commissioner under section 43 to cancel or suspend the registration of any fire safety engineer takes effect —
the Commissioner must remove the name and particulars of the fire safety engineer concerned from the register of fire safety engineers and, as soon as it may be practicable, notify the fire safety engineer concerned;
the fire safety engineer concerned must, within 7 days of being so notified, surrender to the Commissioner the certificate of registration issued to him or her; and
the Commissioner must cancel any certificate of registration issued to the fire safety engineer concerned.
(4)
While the registration of a fire safety engineer is suspended under section 43, the person’s name must not appear in the register of fire safety engineers, but at the end of the period of suspension, the Commissioner must, within 7 days of that period ending, restore the person’s name and particulars to the register of fire safety engineers and re‑issue to him or her a fresh certificate of registration, without the payment of any fee.
(5)
Any fire safety engineer may apply, in the prescribed form and manner, to the Commissioner to have his or her name removed from the register of fire safety engineers.
(6)
The Commissioner must refuse any application by a fire safety engineer to remove his or her name from the register of fire safety engineers if the Commissioner is satisfied that at the time of the application —
disciplinary action under section 43 is pending against the fire safety engineer; or
the conduct of the fire safety engineer (whether as a peer reviewer or otherwise) is the subject of any complaint to or information received by the Commissioner.[22F