{"id":"sl-2024-3","name":"Professional Engineers Regulation 2024","slug":"professional-engineers-regulation-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"3 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173585,"registerId":"act-sl-2024-3-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Professional Engineers Regulation 2024","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nSL2024-3\nmade under the\nProfessional Engineers Act 2023\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 6 March 2025\nRepublication date: 6 March 2025\nRegulation not amended\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Professional Engineers Regulation 2024, made under the\nProfessional Engineers Act 2023 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act\n2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 6 March 2025. It also includes any\ncommencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n06/03/25\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nEffective: 06/03/25\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nmade under the\nProfessional Engineers Act 2023\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Notes 2\n4 Registration conditions—Act, s 24 (1) (b) 2\n5 Registration term—registration period for additional area of\nengineering—Act, s 25 (b) (ii) 3\n6 Registration term—applications for registration decided before\ncommencement day—Act, s 25 (b) (ii) 3\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 4\n2 Abbreviation key 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Professional Engineers Regulation 2024\nEffective: 06/03/25\nR1\n06/03/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history 5\n4 Amendment history 5\n\nR1\n06/03/25\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nEffective: 06/03/25\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nmade under the\nProfessional Engineers Act 2023\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Professional Engineers Regulation 2024\nEffective: 06/03/25\nR1\n06/03/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Professional Engineers Regulation 2024.\n3 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\n4 Registration conditions—Act, s 24 (1) (b)\n(1) It is a condition of a professional engineer’s registration that the\nengineer not undertake work in the building and construction industry\nunless—\n(a) the engineer gives the registrar a report from an assessment\nentity that assesses the engineer’s qualifications, experience and\ncompetencies to undertake work in the building and construction\nindustry; and\n(b) the registrar is satisfied that the engineer has the required\nqualifications, experiences and competencies to undertake work\nin the building and construction industry.\nNote A professional engineer may apply to the registrar for a variation of the\nengineer’s registration (see Act, s 28).\n(2) In this section:\nbuilding work—\n(a) has the same meaning as in the Building Act 2004, section 6; but\n(b) does not include the disposal of waste materials generated\nby an alteration or demolition mentioned in that Act,\nsection 6 (1) (a) or (b).\nwork, in the building and construction industry, means a professional\nengineering service for an area of engineering that relates to building\nwork.\n\nSection 5\nR1\n06/03/25\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nEffective: 06/03/25\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Registration term—registration period for additional area\nof engineering—Act, s 25 (b) (ii)\n(1) This section applies if—\n(a) a professional engineer is registered for an area of engineering\n(the first registration); and\n(b) before, on or after the day the first registration commences, the\nregistrar decides to register the individual for an additional area\nof engineering (the additional registration).\n(2) The period worked out under subsection (3) is prescribed for the\nadditional registration.\n(3) The professional engineer’s additional registration ends on the day\ntheir first registration ends.\n6 Registration term—applications for registration decided\nbefore commencement day—Act, s 25 (b) (ii)\n(1) This section applies if—\n(a) before the commencement day, the registrar decides to register\nan individual for an area of engineering; and\n(b) section 5 does not apply.\n(2) The period worked out under subsection (3) is prescribed.\n(3) The individual’s registration ends 3 years after the day the registrar\ndecides to register the individual.\n(4) This section expires 3 years after the commencement day.\n(5) In this section:\ncommencement day means the day the Act, section 22 (Deciding\napplications) commences.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 4 Professional Engineers Regulation 2024\nEffective: 06/03/25\nR1\n06/03/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR1\n06/03/25\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nEffective: 06/03/25\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nProfessional Engineers Regulation 2024\nnotified LR 4 March 2024\ns 1, s 2 commenced 4 March 2024\nremainder commenced 6 March 2025 (s 2 (1)-(3) and see Professional\nEngineers Act 2023 A2023-8 s 2 (2) (as am by A2023-20 pt 5 and\nA2024-21 pt 6))\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nRegistration term—applications for registration decided before\ncommencement day—Act, s 25 (b) (ii)\ns 6 exp 6 March 2028 (s 6 (4))\n© Australian Capital Territory 2025","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: prescribing specific registration conditions and terms under the Professional Engineers Act 2023. It has not expanded beyond administrative implementation of the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 sections total, with 2 being administrative (name and notes)","Minimal defined terms (only 3: 'building work', 'work in the building and construction industry', and 'commencement day')","Simple conditional logic limited to straightforward 'if-then' scenarios in sections 5 and 6","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act and Building Act 2004 for a single definition","One temporary provision (section 6) with a sunset clause expiring in 2028","Clear, short sentences with minimal nesting of subsections"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation governs registration of professional engineers in the ACT, requiring an approved assessment and registrar’s satisfaction of competence before undertaking building and construction work. It aligns expiry dates when engineers add new practice areas so added registrations run to the same date as the original, and sets a three‑year term for registrations decided before the main law commenced. It affects registered/applicant engineers, the registrar, and assessment bodies, supporting safety and administrative clarity."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation implements the Act’s registration conditions and term rules without expanding or narrowing the Act’s scope. It confines the registration condition to engineering services related to building work (cross‑referencing the Building Act) (s4), prescribes that additional‑area registrations end with the first registration (s5), and provides a time‑limited rule (3 years) for certain pre‑commencement registration decisions (s6)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to the Building Act definition of building work (s4) increases dependence on external instrument.","Registrar discretion to be ‘satisfied’ about qualifications, experience and competencies creates case‑by‑case assessment burden (s4(1)(b)).","Mandatory assessment report from an assessment entity shifts cost and administrative burden to engineers (s4(1)(a)).","Transitional timing rules for additional registrations and pre‑commencement decisions introduce limited temporal complexity (s5, s6).","Expiry of the transitional provision (s6(4)) requires administrators to track commencement-linked deadlines."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation requires a practising professional engineer to provide a report from an assessment entity and obtain the registrar’s satisfaction before doing engineering work tied to building and construction (s4). It also sets how long registrations run for added areas (they end when the engineer’s first registration ends) and makes certain pre‑commencement registration decisions expire three years after the decision (s5–s6). Engineers pay for assessments; the registrar exercises decision discretion and engineers face a compliance burden for obtaining and filing reports."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/professional-engineers-regulation-2024","history":"/api/acts/professional-engineers-regulation-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/professional-engineers-regulation-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/professional-engineers-regulation-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/professional-engineers-regulation-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/professional-engineers-regulation-2024/documents"}}