13When a person is a fit and proper person

13 When a person is a fit and proper person

In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to provide professional engineering services in an area of engineering, the Business Licensing Authority may have regard to the following—

(a) whether the person, within the preceding 10 years, has been convicted or found guilty of—

(i) an indictable offence; or

(ii) an offence that, if committed in Victoria, would constitute an indictable offence; or

(iii) an offence under any law of the Commonwealth, or another State or a Territory, regulating the provision of professional engineering services;

(b) if the person has been a registered professional engineer under this Act, or registered to practise as an engineer under a law of the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory, and the registration was suspended, the reason for the suspension;

(c) whether the person, or a body corporate of which the person is or was an
officer, is or has been insolvent or an externally-administered company under the Corporations Act;

(d) whether the person has failed to comply with—

(i) an order by a court or VCAT under this Act; or

(ii) an order by a court or tribunal of the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory under a law regulating the provision of professional engineering services;

(e) any other prescribed circumstances.