Clause 14

by deleting paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(b)the authorised capital of the corporation that is paid up is not less than the amount prescribed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette;

the articles of association of the corporation provide that at least a prescribed number or proportion of its directors shall be registered professional engineers or allied professionals who each has in force a practising certificate;”;

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)the articles of association of the corporation provide that —

at least a prescribed number or proportion of its directors shall be registered professional engineers or allied professionals who each has in force a practising certificate; and

no person shall be registered as a member of that corporation unless he is a director, a manager or an employee of the corporation; and”;

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)the partnership is one in which only —

registered professional engineers who each has in force a practising certificate authorising him to engage in professional engineering work to which those services relate; and

allied professionals who each has in force a practicing certificate,have a beneficial interest in the capital assets and profits of the partnership; and”;

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may grant a licence to any limited liability partnership to supply professional engineering services in Singapore if —

the statement lodged by the partners of the limited liability partnership with the Registrar of Limited Liability Partnerships under section 15(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005) provides that a primary nature of the business of the limited liability partnership is to supply professional engineering services;

the partners in the limited liability partnership consist only of persons who satisfy such requirements as the Board may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe;

at least one of the partners of the limited liability partnership is a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate;

the business of the limited liability partnership, so far as it relates to professional engineering work in Singapore, will be under the control and management of a partner who —

is a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate; and

is authorised under a resolution of the partners of the limited liability partnership to make all final engineering decisions on behalf of the limited liability partnership with respect to the requirements of this Act, the rules or any other law relating to the supply of professional engineering services by the limited liability partnership; and

the limited liability partnership is insured against professional liability in accordance with section 24 and the rules.”;

by deleting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsection:“(6) The Board may refuse to grant a licence under this section to any corporation (whether unlimited or not), partnership or limited liability partnership if, in the opinion of the Board, the past conduct of any director, manager or employee of the corporation or any partner, manager or employee of the partnership or limited liability partnership affords reasonable grounds for believing that the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership, as the case may be, will not supply professional engineering services in accordance with any written law and with honesty and integrity.”; and

by deleting the words “subsection (1)” wherever they appear in subsection (9) and substituting in each case the words “subsections (1) and (2)”.