Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, a licensed surveyor is entitled to a practising certificate if the
licensed surveyor applies for a practising certificate in the prescribed form
and in so doing transmits to the Board the prescribed application fee.
(2) A person who was,
immediately before the commencement of section 10 of the Licensed
Surveyors Amendment Act 1996 1 , a licensed surveyor is to be
regarded as holding a practising certificate which expires on 31 December
following that commencement.
(3) Subject to this
section, a practising certificate issued to or renewed by a licensed surveyor
under this Act, on or after the commencement referred to in
subsection (2), takes effect for the standard period for which the
prescribed fee has been paid —
(a) on
the day of that issue or renewal; or
(b) on
the day of expiry of any existing practising certificate held by the licensed
surveyor,
whichever is the
later.
(4) Subject to
subsection (5), a licensed surveyor who wishes to renew his practising
certificate shall apply for that renewal in the form approved by the Board not
more than 90 days, and not less than 30 days, before the day of
expiry of that practising certificate and shall in doing so transmit to the
Board the prescribed renewal fee.
(5) If an application
for the renewal of a practising certificate is made less than 30 days
before the expiry of the practising certificate or on or after that expiry,
the Board may, if it considers that there is a satisfactory explanation for
the late making of that application, deal with that application under
subsection (6) and may in so doing subject the practising certificate to
such conditions as the Board thinks fit to impose.
(6) Subject to
section 11B, if the Board is, on receiving —
(a) an
application for the renewal of a practising certificate;
(b) the
prescribed renewal fee; and
(c) if
that application is an application referred to in subsection (5), the
prescribed late renewal fee,
satisfied that the
applicant remains entitled to a practising certificate, the Board shall,
subject to any regulations referred to in section 26A, renew the
practising certificate held by the applicant for the standard period for which
the prescribed renewal fee has been paid.
[Section 11A inserted by No. 79 of 1996
s. 10.]