17Certificates of registration

17 Certificates of registration

(1) As soon as is practicable after registering an applicant under section 12, the Business Licensing Authority must cause a certificate of registration to be issued to the applicant.

(2) If the Licensing Registrar is satisfied that a certificate of registration has been lost or destroyed, the Licensing Registrar, on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), may issue a duplicate certificate of registration.

(3) A registered professional engineer must, on request, produce the engineer's certificate of registration to any of the following persons or bodies within 7 days of the request being made—

(a) the Business Licensing Authority;

(b) the Director;

(c) the Victorian Building Authority;

(d) an inspector;

(e) a client of the engineer.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.