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Professional Engineers Act 2002
sec.113Claims about being a registered professional engineer
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### sec.113 Claims about being a registered professional engineer
A person who is not a registered professional engineer must not—
claim, or hold himself or herself out, to be a registered professional engineer; or
allow himself or herself to be held out as a registered professional engineer.
Maximum penalty—1000 penalty units.
A person must not hold out another person as a registered professional engineer if the person knows or ought reasonably to know the other person is not a registered professional engineer.
Maximum penalty—1000 penalty units.
(sec.113-ssec.1) A person who is not a registered professional engineer must not— claim, or hold himself or herself out, to be a registered professional engineer; or allow himself or herself to be held out as a registered professional engineer. Maximum penalty—1000 penalty units.
(sec.113-ssec.2) A person must not hold out another person as a registered professional engineer if the person knows or ought reasonably to know the other person is not a registered professional engineer. Maximum penalty—1000 penalty units.
- (a) claim, or hold himself or herself out, to be a registered professional engineer; or
- (b) allow himself or herself to be held out as a registered professional engineer.