Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Professional Engineers (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Professional Engineers Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “Investigation Committee” and substituting the following definitions:“ “Disciplinary Committee” means a Disciplinary Committee appointed under section 31C;“Investigation Committee” means an Investigation Committee appointed under section 30;“Investigation Panel” means the Investigation Panel appointed under section 27;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “corporation or partnership” wherever they appear in the definition of “licensed” and substituting in each case the words “corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “manager” and substituting the following definitions:“ “limited liability partnership” has the same meaning given to it by section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005);“manager” —

(a)

in relation to a corporation or partnership, means the principal executive officer of the corporation or partnership for the time being by whatever name called and whether or not he is a director or partner thereof; and

(b)

in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;”;

(d)

by deleting the definition of “practising certificate” and substituting the following definition:“ “practising certificate” —

(a)

in relation to a registered professional engineer, means an annual certificate issued under section 18 authorising him to engage in professional engineering work in Singapore;

(b)

in relation to an allied professional who is an architect registered under the Architects Act (Cap. 12), means a practising certificate issued under section 18 of that Act; and

(c)

in relation to an allied professional who is a land surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act (Cap. 156), means a practising certificate issued under section 15 of that Act;”;

(e)

by deleting the words “appointed under section 4(2)(a)” in the definition of “President”;

(f)

by deleting the definitions of “previous Board” and “professional engineering services” and substituting the following definition:“ “professional engineering services” means consultancy or advisory services that require a person to engage in professional engineering work;”;

(g)

by deleting the words “corporations and partnerships” in the definition of “register of licensees” and substituting the words “corporations, partnerships and limited liability partnerships”; and

(h)

by deleting the definition of “repealed Act”.