Singapore legislation
Regulation 10J
Regulation 10J
Definitions of this Part
Subregulation 1
In this Part —
Definition
“professional development unit” means a professional development unit which a registered professional engineer obtains by successfully completing any structured activity or unstructured activity;
Definition
“qualifying period”, in relation to a registered professional engineer (X), means —
if X makes an application on or before 31 December of any year for a practising certificate authorising X to engage in professional engineering work in the ensuing year, a period of 12 months immediately preceding 1 November of the year in which the application is made; or
if X makes an application on or after 1 January of any year for a practising certificate authorising X to engage in professional engineering work for the remainder of that year, a period of 12 months immediately preceding 1 November of the previous year;
Definition
“requisite professional development units”, in relation to a registered professional engineer, means the number of professional development units he or she is required to obtain under rule 14A(2) or (3), as the case may be;
Definition
“structured activity” means any activity, course or programme identified under rule 14B as a structured activity;
Definition
“unstructured activity” means any activity, course or programme identified under rule 14B as an unstructured activity.
Subregulation 2
In this Part, a registered professional engineer obtains a specified number of professional development units if he or she successfully completes one or more of the activities, courses or programmes in the list published under rule 14B, the total number of professional development units of which equals or exceeds that specified number.