97Alternative pathways for professional engineers and certain design practitioners

97 Alternative pathways for professional engineers and certain design practitioners

97 Alternative pathways for professional engineers and certain design practitioners

(1) This clause applies to a person who, before the end of 30 June 2022, applies for registration as a—

(a) professional engineer, or

(b) a design practitioner in the class of—

(i) design practitioner—building design (low rise), or

(ii) design practitioner—building design (medium rise).

(2) The person may, instead of meeting the qualifications and experience requirements specified in Schedule 2 for a particular class of registration, satisfy the Secretary of the following—

(a) the person has the knowledge and skills specified for the class of registration in Schedule 2,

(b) the person has at least 10 years, or equivalent part-time, practical experience within the last 15 years that—

(i) must include at least 2 years of work carried out in Australia, and

(ii) for a design practitioner—must be relevant to the preparation of a regulated design or the provision of a compliance declaration for a class 2, 3, 9a or 9c building, and

(iii) for a professional engineer—must involve the carrying out of professional engineering work in a particular prescribed area of engineering for a class 2, 3, 9a or 9c building,

(c) the person has successfully completed a competency assessment,

(d) for registration as a professional engineer in a particular class of registration—

(i) the person has a qualification relevant to that class of registration, and

(ii) the qualification have been assessed as being suitable by the person or body that conducted the competency assessment.

(3) This clause is not available to a person unless—

(a) the Secretary has made a competency assessment available, or

(b) the Secretary has approved a body to conduct the competency assessment.