Professional Engineers Act 2023
18Applications for renewal
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18 Applications for renewal (1) A professional engineer may apply to the registrar for renewal of the engineer’s registration (an application for renewal). (2) An application for renewal must be made not earlier than 3 months before the end of the professional engineer’s registration and not later than 6 months after the end of the engineer’s registration. (3) An application for renewal must— (a) be in writing; and (b) state the applicant’s name; and (c) include the applicant’s contact details; and (d) state the applicant’s registration number; and (e) state the area of engineering for which the applicant is applying for renewal; and (f) include details of the continuing professional development undertaken by the applicant during the term of the applicant’s registration; and (g) if any suitability information about the applicant has changed since the applicant last made an application for registration or an application for renewal—include details of the changes; and (h) include any information prescribed by regulation.
Registration of professional engineers Part 4 Registration Division 4.2 Section 19 R5 23/02/26 Professional Engineers Act 2023 Effective: 23/02/26 page 13 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (4) The registrar may refuse to consider an application that does not comply with subsection (2) or (3).