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Professional Engineers Act 2002
sec.29AImmediate suspension of registration
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### sec.29A Immediate suspension of registration
This section applies if the board reasonably believes—
a ground exists to cancel a registered professional engineer’s registration under section 28 ; and
it is in the public interest to immediately suspend the engineer’s registration.
The board may, by information notice given to the registered professional engineer, immediately suspend the engineer’s registration.
The information notice must also state the period of suspension.
The suspension—
may be for the period the board decides; and
has effect immediately when the notice is given.
The board must end the suspension if satisfied that the ground for the suspension no longer exist.
The suspension ends if the registered professional engineer’s registration is cancelled or otherwise ends.
s 29A ins 2008 No. 14 s 39
amd 2020 No. 24 s 90
(sec.29A-ssec.1) This section applies if the board reasonably believes— a ground exists to cancel a registered professional engineer’s registration under section 28 ; and it is in the public interest to immediately suspend the engineer’s registration.
(sec.29A-ssec.2) The board may, by information notice given to the registered professional engineer, immediately suspend the engineer’s registration.
(sec.29A-ssec.3) The information notice must also state the period of suspension.
(sec.29A-ssec.4) The suspension— may be for the period the board decides; and has effect immediately when the notice is given.
(sec.29A-ssec.5) The board must end the suspension if satisfied that the ground for the suspension no longer exist.
(sec.29A-ssec.6) The suspension ends if the registered professional engineer’s registration is cancelled or otherwise ends.
- (a) a ground exists to cancel a registered professional engineer’s registration under section 28 ; and
- (b) it is in the public interest to immediately suspend the engineer’s registration.
- (a) may be for the period the board decides; and
- (b) has effect immediately when the notice is given.