48Recognition of professional engineering bodies

48 Recognition of professional engineering bodies

48 Recognition of professional engineering bodies

(1) For the purposes of sections 54(2)(c) and 55(2)(a)(v) of the Act, this Part sets out—

(a) the additional requirements that must be met by a professional body of engineers in order for the body to be recognised by the Secretary as a recognised engineering body, and

(b) the requirements that a professional body of engineers’ recognition or registration scheme must meet (a recognition or registration scheme), and

(c) the application process that a professional body of engineers must follow in order to be recognised by the Secretary as a recognised engineering body.

(2) A reference to a recognised engineering body, in relation to a body recognising or registering a professional engineer (the recognition function), includes a reference to a body corporate recognised by the Secretary to exercise the recognition function of a recognised engineering body only if the body is approved to exercise that function.