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Professional Engineers Act 2002
sec.160Existing registrations—individuals
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### sec.160 Existing registrations—individuals
This section applies to an individual who, immediately before the commencement, was a registered professional engineer under the repealed Act.
On the commencement, the individual is taken to be a registered professional engineer under this Act.
Despite section 15, the registration remains in force, unless it is sooner cancelled, until the later of the following days—
31 December first happening after the commencement;
the day that is 3 months after the commencement.
However, if the individual pays the registration fee to the board before the day on which the registration would have ended under subsection (3), the registration remains in force until the last day of the financial year in which the registration would otherwise have ended under the subsection.
For the individual’s first application for renewal or restoration of registration, the individual must state the areas of engineering for which the individual reasonably believes he or she is qualified for registration.
In this section—
registration fee means the registration fee prescribed under section 8(2)(b)(iv) for registration for not more than 6 months.
(sec.160-ssec.1) This section applies to an individual who, immediately before the commencement, was a registered professional engineer under the repealed Act.
(sec.160-ssec.2) On the commencement, the individual is taken to be a registered professional engineer under this Act.
(sec.160-ssec.3) Despite section 15, the registration remains in force, unless it is sooner cancelled, until the later of the following days— 31 December first happening after the commencement; the day that is 3 months after the commencement.
(sec.160-ssec.4) However, if the individual pays the registration fee to the board before the day on which the registration would have ended under subsection (3), the registration remains in force until the last day of the financial year in which the registration would otherwise have ended under the subsection.
(sec.160-ssec.5) For the individual’s first application for renewal or restoration of registration, the individual must state the areas of engineering for which the individual reasonably believes he or she is qualified for registration.
(sec.160-ssec.6) In this section— registration fee means the registration fee prescribed under section 8(2)(b)(iv) for registration for not more than 6 months.
- (a) 31 December first happening after the commencement;
- (b) the day that is 3 months after the commencement.