QLDIn ForceAct
Professional Engineers Act 2002
sec.8Applying for registration
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.8
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Professional Engineers Act 2002.
### sec.8 Applying for registration
Only an individual may apply to the board for registration as a registered professional engineer for an area of engineering.
The application must be—
in the approved form and state the type of registration to which the application relates; and
accompanied by each of the following—
satisfactory evidence of the applicant’s eligibility for registration;
if there is an assessment scheme approved for the area of engineering the applicant is applying to be registered in—the assessment entity’s assessment of the applicant against the qualifications and competencies provided for under the scheme;
any other documents, identified in the approved form, the board reasonably requires to decide the application;
the application fee and registration fee prescribed under a regulation.
The approved form must provide for the inclusion of the applicant’s contact details as a registered professional engineer.
The applicant also must provide any other relevant information reasonably required by the board to decide the application.
For how the board may make a requirement for information under section 8 (4) , 18 (6) or 23 (5) , see section 27 .
s 8 amd 2008 No. 14 s 24 ; 2014 No. 56 s 6
(sec.8-ssec.1) Only an individual may apply to the board for registration as a registered professional engineer for an area of engineering.
(sec.8-ssec.2) The application must be— in the approved form and state the type of registration to which the application relates; and accompanied by each of the following— satisfactory evidence of the applicant’s eligibility for registration; if there is an assessment scheme approved for the area of engineering the applicant is applying to be registered in—the assessment entity’s assessment of the applicant against the qualifications and competencies provided for under the scheme; any other documents, identified in the approved form, the board reasonably requires to decide the application; the application fee and registration fee prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.8-ssec.3) The approved form must provide for the inclusion of the applicant’s contact details as a registered professional engineer.
(sec.8-ssec.4) The applicant also must provide any other relevant information reasonably required by the board to decide the application. For how the board may make a requirement for information under section 8 (4) , 18 (6) or 23 (5) , see section 27 .
- (a) in the approved form and state the type of registration to which the application relates; and
- (b) accompanied by each of the following— (i) satisfactory evidence of the applicant’s eligibility for registration; (ii) if there is an assessment scheme approved for the area of engineering the applicant is applying to be registered in—the assessment entity’s assessment of the applicant against the qualifications and competencies provided for under the scheme; (iii) any other documents, identified in the approved form, the board reasonably requires to decide the application; (iv) the application fee and registration fee prescribed under a regulation.
- (i) satisfactory evidence of the applicant’s eligibility for registration;
- (ii) if there is an assessment scheme approved for the area of engineering the applicant is applying to be registered in—the assessment entity’s assessment of the applicant against the qualifications and competencies provided for under the scheme;
- (iii) any other documents, identified in the approved form, the board reasonably requires to decide the application;
- (iv) the application fee and registration fee prescribed under a regulation.
- (i) satisfactory evidence of the applicant’s eligibility for registration;
- (ii) if there is an assessment scheme approved for the area of engineering the applicant is applying to be registered in—the assessment entity’s assessment of the applicant against the qualifications and competencies provided for under the scheme;
- (iii) any other documents, identified in the approved form, the board reasonably requires to decide the application;
- (iv) the application fee and registration fee prescribed under a regulation.