Professional Engineers Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Registration of Professional Engineers
21. Qualifications for registration as professional engineers
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Subject to this section, the following persons are, on payment of the prescribed fee, entitled to registration under this Act as professional engineers:
any person who holds any degree or qualification or who satisfies any other requirements which the Minister may, after consultation with the Board and by notification in the Gazette, approve for the purpose of the registration of persons as professional engineers under this Act; and
any person who satisfies the Board that he or she is otherwise qualified by having proper and recognised academic qualifications in engineering and who satisfies such conditions as the Board may determine.
A person is not entitled to registration under subsection (1)(a) or (b) unless the person satisfies the Board that he or she has —
Board
“Board” means the Professional Engineers Board established under section 4;
passed such examination as may be prescribed by the Board; and
after obtaining the relevant qualifications mentioned in subsection (1), acquired practical experience of such nature and duration as may be prescribed by the Board.
Despite subsection (2)(b), the Board may, subject to subsection (2B) and any conditions that the Board may impose, take into account any practical experience acquired by a person before he or she qualifies for registration under subsection (1)(a) or (b), for the purpose of satisfying the requirement for practical experience mentioned in subsection (2)(b).
For the purpose of subsection (2A), the Board may only take into account a person’s practical experience that —
commences on or after 1 January 2026; and
is of such nature and duration as may be prescribed by the Board.
The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, by order in the Gazette, exempt, subject to any conditions that the Minister thinks fit, any person from the requirements of subsection (2).
The Board may refuse to register any applicant who in the opinion of the Board —
is not of good character and reputation; or
is unable to carry out the duties of a professional engineer effectively.
Any person whose application for registration 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.[15