Section 15
Practising certificates
(1)
Where a registered surveyor desires to engage in survey work in Singapore after 31 December of any year, he or she must, not later than 1 December of that year, apply in the prescribed form and manner for a practising certificate authorising him or her to engage in such survey work in the succeeding year.
(2)
Despite subsection (1), where a registered surveyor applies for a practising certificate for the first time after registration under section 12, the application must be in the prescribed form and may be made at any time during the year, and the registered surveyor may be issued a practising certificate for the remainder of the year in which the application is made.
(3)
Any application by a registered surveyor under this section must be addressed to the Board and be accompanied by —
a written declaration stating —
his or her full name;
the name under which he or she practises if different from his or her own name, or the name of the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership employing him or her; and
the principal and any other address or addresses at which he or she practises in Singapore;
such evidence as the Board may require that the applicant has complied with or is exempt from the rules relating to —
insurance against professional liability; and
continuing professional development; and
the prescribed fee,and the Board must, subject to subsection (4), thereupon issue to the registered surveyor a practising certificate.
(4)
The Board may refuse to issue a practising certificate if —
the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt;
the applicant has entered into a composition with his or her creditors or a deed of arrangement for the benefit of his or her creditors;
the applicant does not intend to practise either on his or her own account or in partnership, or is not or not about to be employed by any person lawfully supplying survey services in Singapore;
the declaration under subsection (3)(a) contains a statement that to its knowledge is false in a material particular; or
the conduct of the applicant provides reasonable grounds for believing that he or she will not engage in survey work in Singapore in accordance with the written law and with honesty and integrity.
(5)
Any registered surveyor (not being a registered surveyor who is applying for a practising certificate for the first time) who fails to apply for a practising certificate in the manner and within the period laid down in subsection (1) may, on the making of an application in such form and on payment of such additional fee as may be prescribed, be issued a practising certificate for —
the succeeding year if the application is made during the month of December of any year; or
the remainder of the year if the application is made on or after 1 January of that year.
(6)
Subject to subsection (9), a practising certificate is, unless earlier cancelled, in force from the date of its issue until 31 December of the year in respect of which it is issued.
(7)
A practising certificate must specify the address of the principal place of practice and all other places of practice of the registered surveyor in respect of whom the practising certificate was issued.
(8)
Any change in that address must be notified by the registered surveyor concerned to the Registrar within 2 weeks of the change and an endorsement of the change on the practising certificate must be obtained from the Registrar.
(9)
Where the registration of a surveyor is cancelled under section 25, the practising certificate (if any) of that surveyor for the time being in force expires immediately and the Registrar must enter the date of the expiry in the register of practitioners.
(10)
Any person whose application for a practising certificate has been refused by the Board may, within 30 days after being notified of the refusal, appeal to the General Division of the High Court whose decision is final.