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Queensland
PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS AMENDMENT
BILL 1997
Queensland
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
AMENDMENT BILL 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Replacement of pt 8 heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 8--COMPLAINTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Division 1--Complaints and investigations
5 Amendment of s 51 (Disciplinary charge may be laid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Insertion of new div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Division 2--Disciplinary charges and proceedings
Subdivision 1--Establishment and membership of disciplinary panel
51A Disciplinary panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
51B Disciplinary panel's functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
51C Disciplinary panel's powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
51D Membership of disciplinary panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
51E Appointment of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
51F Restriction on appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
51G Duration of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
51H Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
51I Member ceasing as a member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
51J Ending of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
51K Disclosure of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
51L Acting chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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51M Chairperson's power to give directions on arrangement of
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subdivision 2--Constituting disciplinary panel for particular
proceedings
51N Constitution of disciplinary panel for particular proceeding . . . . . . 10
51O Member of disciplinary panel ceasing to be available . . . . . . . . . . . 11
51P Sitting places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7 Replacement of s 52 (Proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Subdivision 3--Disciplinary panel proceedings
52 Proceedings before disciplinary panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8 Omission of ss 5355 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9 Insertion of new s 59A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
59A Determinations of questions before disciplinary panel . . . . . . . . . . . 14
10 Amendment of s 60 (Board may order cancellation of
registration, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11 Insertion of new s 61A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
61A Notification of disciplinary panel's decisions and reasons . . . . . . . . 15
12 Amendment of s 62 (Publication of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
13 Amendment of s 66 (False statements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
14 Amendment of s 67 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
15 Insertion of new pt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 10--TRANSITIONAL
72 Disciplinary charges before the board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
73 Existing proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF THE PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS ACT 1988
1997
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Professional Engineers Act 1988
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Professional Engineers Amendment Act 3
1997. 4
amended 5
Act
Clause 2. This Act amends the Professional Engineers Act 1988. 6
of s 5 (Interpretation) 7
Amendment
Clause 3.(1) Section 5, definitions "chairperson" and "member"-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 5-- 10
insert-- 11
` "chairperson" means-- 12
(a) for the board--the chairperson of the board; and 13
(b) for the disciplinary panel--the chairperson of the disciplinary 14
panel. 15
"disciplinary panel" means the Professional Engineers Disciplinary Panel 16
established under section 51A. 17
"member" means-- 18
(a) for the board--a member of the board; and 19
(b) for the disciplinary panel--a member of the disciplinary panel. 20
"presiding member" see section 51N.'. 21
of pt 8 heading 22
Replacement
Clause 4. Part 8, heading-- 23
s5 5 s5
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omit, insert-- 1
`PART 8--COMPLAINTS AND PROCEEDINGS 2
1--Complaints and investigations'. 3
`Division
of s 51 (Disciplinary charge may be laid) 4
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 51, heading-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Disciplinary charge may be laid and referred to disciplinary panel'. 7
(2) Section 51(1), from `(1) If the investigator' to `on the ground 8
that--'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(1) This section applies if, after considering an investigator's report, the 11
board considers a prima facie case for a disciplinary charge to be laid is 12
made out against a registered person. 13
`(1A) The board may lay a disciplinary charge against the registered 14
person on the ground--'.' 15
(3) Section 51(2), `to the board and'-- 16
omit. 17
(4) Section 51(3) and (4)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(3) The board must also refer a copy of the charge to the disciplinary 20
panel for hearing and determination.'. 21
(5) Section 51(5), `subsection (1)'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`In this section'. 24
(6) Section 51(5)-- 25
renumber as section 51(4). 26
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of new div 2 1
Insertion
Clause 6. Part 8, after section 51-- 2
insert-- 3
2--Disciplinary charges and proceedings 4
`Division
1--Establishment and membership of disciplinary panel 5
`Subdivision
panel 6
`Disciplinary
`51A. A panel called the `Professional Engineers Disciplinary Panel' is 7
established. 8
panel's functions 9
`Disciplinary
`51B. The functions of the disciplinary panel are-- 10
(a) to hear any disciplinary charge referred to it under this Act; and 11
(b) for disciplinary charges, to make findings whether or not a 12
registered person is guilty of a disciplinary charge; and 13
(c) to take appropriate action under section 60;1 and 14
(d) to keep a record of-- 15
(i) its proceedings; and 16
(ii) its decision on each proceeding and the reasons for the 17
decision; and 18
(iii) the documents produced to it in relation to each disciplinary 19
charge referred to it. 20
(e) to give to the board a report of its work and activities for each 21
financial year; and 22
(f) to carry out the other functions conferred on it by this Act. 23
1 Section 60 (Disciplinary panel may order cancellation of registration, etc.)
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panel's powers 1
`Disciplinary
`51C.(1) The disciplinary panel has power to do all things necessary or 2
convenient to be done for the performance of its functions. 3
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the disciplinary panel has the 4
powers conferred on it by this Act. 5
of disciplinary panel 6
`Membership
`51D.(1) The disciplinary panel is to consist of a chairperson and at least 7
2 other members. 8
`(2) A person is eligible for appointment as chairperson only if the 9
person is a retired judge of an Australian court or a lawyer of at least 5 years 10
standing. 11
`(3) A person is eligible for appointment as another member only if the 12
person is-- 13
(a) a retired judge of an Australian court or a lawyer of at least 14
5 years standing; or 15
(b) a registered professional engineer of at least 5 years standing. 16
(4) At least 2 of the other members must have the qualification 17
mentioned in subsection (3)(b). 18
of members 19
`Appointment
`51E.(1) The members of the disciplinary panel are to be appointed by 20
the Governor in Council. 21
`(2) The members must be appointed under this Act and not the Public 22
Service Act 1996. 23
on appointment 24
`Restriction
`51F. A member of the board may not be appointed a member of the 25
disciplinary panel. 26
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of appointment 1
`Duration
`51G. The appointment of a member of the disciplinary panel is for the 2
term (not longer than 7 years) stated in the member's instrument of 3
appointment. 4
of appointment 5
`Conditions
`51H.(1) A member of the disciplinary panel holds office on a part-time 6
basis. 7
`(2) A member is entitled to the remuneration and allowances that may 8
be determined by the Governor in Council. 9
`(3) A member holds office on conditions not provided by this Act that 10
are decided by the Governor in Council. 11
ceasing as a member 12
`Member
`51I. A member of the disciplinary panel stops being a member if-- 13
(a) the member resigns by signed notice given to the Minister; or 14
(b) the member ceases to be qualified to be appointed as a member; 15
or 16
(c) the member's appointment is ended by the Governor in Council. 17
of appointment 18
`Ending
`51J. The Governor in Council may end the appointment of a member of 19
the disciplinary panel if the member-- 20
(a) engages in misbehaviour; or 21
(b) refuses or fails to act as a member; or 22
(c) becomes incapable of performing the duties of a member because 23
of physical or mental incapacity; or 24
(d) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the 25
relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or 26
her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration 27
for their benefit. 28
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of interests 1
`Disclosure
`51K.(1) If a member of the disciplinary panel is, or is to be, a member 2
of the panel as constituted for a proceeding and the member has or acquires 3
an interest (whether financial or otherwise) that could conflict with the 4
proper performance of the member's functions in relation to the 5
proceeding-- 6
(a) the member must disclose the interest to the parties to the 7
proceeding; and 8
(b) except with the consent of all parties to the proceeding--the 9
member must not take part in the proceeding or exercise any 10
powers in relation to the proceeding. 11
`(2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply if the chairperson of the disciplinary 12
panel becomes aware that a member who is, or is to be, a member of the 13
panel as constituted for a proceeding has, in relation to the proceeding, an 14
interest of the kind mentioned in subsection (1). 15
`(3) If the chairperson considers that the member should not take part, or 16
continue to take part, in the proceeding, the chairperson must direct the 17
member accordingly. 18
`(4) Unless the chairperson has acted under subsection (3), the 19
chairperson must cause the interest of the member to be disclosed to the 20
parties to the proceeding if the interest has not already been disclosed to 21
them. 22
chairperson 23
`Acting
`51L. The Governor in Council may appoint a person, who is eligible for 24
appointment as the chairperson of the disciplinary panel, to act as 25
chairperson-- 26
(a) during a vacancy in the office; or 27
(b) during any period, or all periods, when the chairperson is absent 28
from duty or Australia or is, for another reason, unable to 29
perform the duties of the office; or 30
(c) in relation to a proceeding in which the chairperson has an interest 31
of a kind mentioned in section 51K(1). 32
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power to give directions on arrangement of business 1
`Chairperson's
`51M.(1) The chairperson of the disciplinary panel may give directions 2
about-- 3
(a) the arrangement of the business of the disciplinary panel; and 4
(b) the members of the disciplinary panel who are to constitute the 5
panel for a particular proceeding. 6
`(2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply if the chairperson gives a direction 7
about the members who are to constitute the disciplinary panel for a 8
particular proceeding. 9
`(3) The chairperson may, at any time before the disciplinary panel starts 10
to hear the proceeding, revoke the direction and give a further direction 11
under subsection (1) as to the members who are to constitute the panel for 12
the proceeding. 13
`(4) Also, if 1 of the members ceases to be a member, or ceases to be 14
available for the proceeding, during the hearing of the proceeding or after 15
the completion of the hearing but before the matter to which the proceeding 16
relates is determined, the chairperson may revoke the direction and give a 17
further direction under subsection (1) as to the persons who are to constitute 18
the disciplinary panel for the proceeding. 19
`(5) This section is subject to section 51N. 20
2--Constituting disciplinary panel for particular 21
`Subdivision
proceedings 22
of disciplinary panel for particular proceeding 23
`Constitution
`51N.(1) The disciplinary panel is to be constituted for the hearing and 24
determination of a proceeding by-- 25
(a) a member (the "presiding member"), eligible for appointment 26
under section 51D(3)(a); and 27
(b) 2 other members, each of whom is eligible for appointment under 28
section 51D(3)(b). 29
`(2) The member mentioned in subsection (1)(a) may, but need not, be 30
the chairperson of the disciplinary panel. 31
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`(3) The disciplinary panel may be constituted for the exercise of powers 1
in relation to the hearing of a proceeding, or for purposes other than the 2
hearing and determination of a proceeding, by the presiding member. 3
`(4) The disciplinary panel constituted by the presiding member alone, 4
may make decisions and give directions only about the following-- 5
(a) whether an investigator appointed by the board has complied with 6
section 45(4) and (5)(b);2 7
(b) the way or sufficiency of service of a notice of a disciplinary 8
charge; 9
(c) the sufficiency of particulars of a disciplinary charge, and whether 10
further and better particulars of the charge should be given; 11
(d) the granting of leave to amend a notice of a disciplinary charge; 12
(e) requiring a person making an affidavit for a hearing to be present 13
at the hearing for cross-examination; 14
(f) admissions about facts or documents; 15
(g) the place, time and length of a hearing; 16
(h) the issue of summonses by the member to witnesses; 17
(i) the giving of evidence at a hearing; 18
(j) the exchange of affidavits of proposed witnesses; 19
(k) the disclosure of reports of expert witnesses before a hearing; 20
(l) whether the whole or a stated part of a hearing should not be open 21
to the public; 22
(m) applying for further directions. 23
of disciplinary panel ceasing to be available 24
`Member
`51O.(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if the hearing of a proceeding has 25
been started or completed by the disciplinary panel but, before the matter to 26
which the proceeding relates has been determined, 1 of the members 27
constituting the panel (other than the presiding member) ceases to be a 28
2 Section 45 (Board may authorise investigation)
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member, or ceases to be available for the proceeding. 1
`(2) If the parties agree and the chairperson does not give a direction 2
under section 51M, the hearing and determination, or the determination, of 3
the proceeding may be completed by the disciplinary panel constituted by 4
the remaining members. 5
`(3) If subsection (2) does not apply, the proceeding is to be reheard by 6
the disciplinary panel as constituted under section 51N. 7
`(4) If the hearing of a proceeding has been started or completed by the 8
disciplinary panel but, before the matter to which the proceeding relates has 9
been determined, the presiding member ceases to be a member, or ceases to 10
be available for the proceeding, the proceeding is to be reheard by the panel 11
as constituted under section 51N. 12
`(5) If a proceeding is reheard by the disciplinary panel, the panel may, 13
for the proceeding, have regard to any record of the proceeding before the 14
panel as previously constituted, including any evidence taken in the 15
proceeding. 16
places 17
`Sitting
`51P. Sittings of the disciplinary panel may be held as required at any 18
place in the State.'. 19
of s 52 (Proceedings) 20
Replacement
Clause 7. Section 52-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Subdivision 3--Disciplinary panel proceedings 23
before disciplinary panel 24
`Proceedings
`52.(1) A disciplinary charge referred to the disciplinary panel for hearing 25
and determination is to be filed with the panel's chairperson. 26
`(2) The chairperson is to take all steps necessary to have the disciplinary 27
panel constituted to hear and determine the charge. 28
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`(3) At least 30 days before the day fixed for the hearing, the chairperson 1
must give written notice to the person charged of the charge, its particulars 2
and the place, day and time of the hearing. 3
`(4) The hearing of the charge is to be open to the public unless the 4
disciplinary panel determines that, in the special circumstances of the case, 5
the whole or a particular part of the hearing should not be open to the public. 6
`(5) At the hearing-- 7
(a) a lawyer or a person employed by the board may appear for 8
adducing evidence or assisting the disciplinary panel; and 9
(b) the person charged has the right to be represented by-- 10
(i) a lawyer; or 11
(ii) a person nominated by the person charged as the person's 12
agent. 13
`(6) In conducting the hearing, the disciplinary panel-- 14
(a) must observe natural justice; and 15
(b) must proceed quickly with as little formality and technicality as is 16
consistent with a fair and proper hearing of the charge; and 17
(c) is not bound by rules or practice about evidence and may inform 18
itself on any matter as the panel considers appropriate. 19
`(7) Subject to subsection (6), the chairperson may give directions about 20
the procedure to be followed in a hearing.'. 21
of ss 5355 22
Omission
Clause 8. Sections 53 to 55-- 23
omit. 24
of new s 59A 25
Insertion
Clause 9. After section 59-- 26
insert-- 27
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of questions before disciplinary panel 1
`Determinations
`59A.(1) A question before the disciplinary panel is to be decided 2
according to the opinion of the majority of the members constituting the 3
panel for the hearing of the disciplinary charge concerned. 4
`(2) However, if the members of the disciplinary panel are equally 5
divided on a question, the question is to be decided according to the opinion 6
of the presiding member. 7
`(3) Also, a question of law arising before the disciplinary panel is to be 8
decided by the presiding member.'. 9
of s 60 (Board may order cancellation of registration, 10
Amendment
etc.) 11
Clause 10.(1) Section 60, heading-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Disciplinary panel may order cancellation of registration, etc.'. 14
(2) Section 60(1), `If the board' to `the board may'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`If the disciplinary panel finds a registered person guilty of the charge 17
made against the person, the panel may'. 18
(3) Section 60(1)(d), `fixed by the board'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`fixed by the panel'. 21
(4) Section 60(1)(g), `who the board'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`who the panel'. 24
(5) Section 60(2), `If the board'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`If the disciplinary panel'. 27
(6) Section 60(3), `The board may'-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
s 11 15 s 12
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`The disciplinary panel may'. 1
(7) Section 60(4), `board'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`disciplinary panel'. 4
of new s 61A 5
Insertion
Clause 11. After section 61-- 6
insert-- 7
of disciplinary panel's decisions and reasons 8
`Notification
`61A.(1) The disciplinary panel must give written notice of its decisions 9
under section 60 to the board and the person charged as soon as practicable 10
after making the decision. 11
`(2) The notice must state the reasons for the decision. 12
`(3) Also, the notice given to the person charged must state that a person 13
aggrieved by the decision may appeal against the decision to a District Court 14
judge within 28 days after the person receives notice of the decision. 15
`(4) In this section-- 16
"decision" includes order.'. 17
of s 62 (Publication of decision) 18
Amendment
Clause 12.(1) Section 62, heading-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Notice of cancellation of registration'. 21
(2) Section 62(1), after `under'-- 22
insert-- 23
`an order made under'. 24
(3) Section 62(1), `decision'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`cancellation'. 27
s 13 16 s 14
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(4) Section 62(2), `decision'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`making of the order'. 3
(5) Section 62(3), `decision'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`order'. 6
of s 66 (False statements) 7
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 66(1)(a) to (c), `the board'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`the board or disciplinary panel'. 10
of s 67 (Appeals) 11
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 67, subsection (1)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(1) This section applies to the following decisions and order-- 14
(a) a decision of the board-- 15
(i) to refuse a person's application for registration under the 16
Act; or 17
(ii) to refuse to renew a person's registration under the Act; or 18
(iii) to refuse to restore the person's name to a register; 19
(b) a decision of the disciplinary panel-- 20
(i) to caution a registered person; or 21
(ii) to reprimand a registered person; 22
(c) an order (a "disciplinary order") of the disciplinary panel made 23
under section 60(1)(d), (e), (f), or (g) or (3) or (4). 24
`(1A) A person who is aggrieved by the decision or disciplinary order 25
may appeal against the decision or order to a District Court judge. 26
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`(1B) However, the board may appeal only against a disciplinary order.'. 1
(2) Section 67(2)(a)(i), `decision'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`decision or disciplinary order'. 4
(3) Section 67(2)(b), `the board'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`the board or disciplinary panel'. 7
(4) Section 67(3)(a), `made under subsection (1)(a)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`made against a decision of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(i)'. 10
(5) Section 67(3)(b), `made under subsection (1)(b)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`made against a decision of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii)'. 13
(6) Section 67(3)(c), `made under subsection (1)(c)'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`made against a decision of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(iii)'. 16
(7) Section 67(3)(d), `made under subsection (1)(d)'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`made against a decision of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or a 19
disciplinary order'. 20
(8) Section 67(3)(d)(ii)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(ii) allow the appeal and make any decision or order the 23
disciplinary panel may make under section 60; or'. 24
(9) Section 67(4), `order of the board'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`order of the disciplinary panel'. 27
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of new pt 10 1
Insertion
Clause 15. After section 71-- 2
insert-- 3
ART 10--TRANSITIONAL 4
`P
charges before the board 5
`Disciplinary
`72.(1) This section applies if, at the commencement of this section, a 6
disciplinary charge has been given to the board under section 51(2) as in 7
force immediately before the commencement and the board has not started 8
proceedings against the person to whom the charge relates. 9
`(2) The charge is withdrawn, but the board may, after considering the 10
investigator's report relevant to the charge, act under section 51 as in force 11
after the commencement. 12
proceedings 13
`Existing
`73.(1) This section applies if, at the commencement of this section, the 14
board has started a proceeding against a person for a disciplinary charge but 15
the proceeding has not been completed. 16
`(2) The proceeding may be continued before, and completed by, the 17
board as if the Professional Engineers Amendment Act 1997 had not been 18
enacted.'. 19
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF THE PROFESSIONAL 2
ENGINEERS ACT 1988 3
section 2 4
1. Section 16(1), `fees and fines imposed pursuant to section 48(1)'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`penalties imposed under section 60(1)'. 7
2. Section 26, `powers given to it under sections 23(4A) and 48(1)(c)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`power given to it under section 23(4A)'. 10
3. Section 27, `48(1)(c)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`60(2)'. 13
4. Section 38(1), `powers given to it under sections 34(5) and 14
48(1)(c)'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`power given to it under section 34(5)'. 17
5. Section 39(1), `48(1)(c)'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`60(2)'. 20
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SCHEDULE (continued)
6. Section 43, definition "commission"-- 1
omit. 2
7. Section 51(4)-- 3
insert-- 4
` "commission" means a written or other agreement by which a registered 5
person undertakes to provide professional engineering services for a 6
client.'. 7
8
8. Section 56, heading `board'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`disciplinary panel'. 11
9. Section 56(1), `board' (1st occurring)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`disciplinary panel'. 14
10. Section 56(1)(a) and (b), `board'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`panel'. 17
11. Section 56(2), `board'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`disciplinary panel'. 20
21
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SCHEDULE (continued)
12. Section 56(1)(b), `chairperson'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`presiding member'. 3
13. Section 57(1), `board' (1st occurring)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`disciplinary panel'. 6
14. Section 57(1), `board' (2nd occurring)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`panel'. 9
15. Section 57(2), `board' (1st occurring)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`disciplinary panel'. 12
16. Section 57(2), `board' (2nd occurring)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`panel'. 15
17. Section 57(3), `board' (1st occurring)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`disciplinary panel'. 18
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SCHEDULE (continued)
18. Section 57(3), `board' (2nd occurring)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`panel'. 3
19. Section 58, `board'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`disciplinary panel'. 6
20. Section 58, `chairperson'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`presiding member'. 9
21. Section 59, `board'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`disciplinary panel'. 12
22. After section 60-- 13
insert-- 14
`Division 3--Other matters'. 15
23. Section 68(3), `ordered by the board'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`ordered by the disciplinary panel'. 18
23
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SCHEDULE (continued)
24. Section 70, `chairperson and'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`chairpersons of the board and disciplinary panel and of the'. 3
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