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Professional Engineers Act 2002
sec.141Performance and carrying out of professional engineering services by particular entities
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### sec.141 Performance and carrying out of professional engineering services by particular entities
This section applies to—
a person who is not a practising professional engineer if the person, in performing, or undertaking to perform, professional engineering services for someone (the client )—
claims, or holds himself or herself out, to be a practising professional engineer; or
allows himself or herself to be held out as a practising professional engineer; or
another person if—
the person, in providing, or undertaking to provide, professional engineering services for someone (also the client ) claims, or holds out, that the services are carried out, or to be carried out, by or under the supervision of a practising professional engineer; and
the services are not carried out by or under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer who is responsible for the services.
Despite any agreement between the person and the client, the person is not entitled to any monetary or other consideration for the performance or carrying out of the professional engineering services.
For this section a person carries out professional engineering services under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer only if the engineer directs the person in the carrying out the services and oversees and evaluates the carrying out of the services by the person.
s 141 amd 2008 No. 14 s 60 ; 2014 No. 56 s 22
(sec.141-ssec.1) This section applies to— a person who is not a practising professional engineer if the person, in performing, or undertaking to perform, professional engineering services for someone (the client )— claims, or holds himself or herself out, to be a practising professional engineer; or allows himself or herself to be held out as a practising professional engineer; or another person if— the person, in providing, or undertaking to provide, professional engineering services for someone (also the client ) claims, or holds out, that the services are carried out, or to be carried out, by or under the supervision of a practising professional engineer; and the services are not carried out by or under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer who is responsible for the services.
(sec.141-ssec.2) Despite any agreement between the person and the client, the person is not entitled to any monetary or other consideration for the performance or carrying out of the professional engineering services.
(sec.141-ssec.3) For this section a person carries out professional engineering services under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer only if the engineer directs the person in the carrying out the services and oversees and evaluates the carrying out of the services by the person.
- (a) a person who is not a practising professional engineer if the person, in performing, or undertaking to perform, professional engineering services for someone (the client )— (i) claims, or holds himself or herself out, to be a practising professional engineer; or (ii) allows himself or herself to be held out as a practising professional engineer; or
- (i) claims, or holds himself or herself out, to be a practising professional engineer; or
- (ii) allows himself or herself to be held out as a practising professional engineer; or
- (b) another person if— (i) the person, in providing, or undertaking to provide, professional engineering services for someone (also the client ) claims, or holds out, that the services are carried out, or to be carried out, by or under the supervision of a practising professional engineer; and (ii) the services are not carried out by or under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer who is responsible for the services.
- (i) the person, in providing, or undertaking to provide, professional engineering services for someone (also the client ) claims, or holds out, that the services are carried out, or to be carried out, by or under the supervision of a practising professional engineer; and
- (ii) the services are not carried out by or under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer who is responsible for the services.
- (i) claims, or holds himself or herself out, to be a practising professional engineer; or
- (ii) allows himself or herself to be held out as a practising professional engineer; or
- (i) the person, in providing, or undertaking to provide, professional engineering services for someone (also the client ) claims, or holds out, that the services are carried out, or to be carried out, by or under the supervision of a practising professional engineer; and
- (ii) the services are not carried out by or under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer who is responsible for the services.