55Grounds for disciplinary action

55 Grounds for disciplinary action

(1) Each of the following is a ground on which disciplinary action may be taken in respect of a registered professional engineer—

(a) the registered professional engineer has contravened—

(i) this Act or the regulations under this Act; or

(ii) a prescribed Act or law or a prescribed provision of a prescribed Act or law;

(b) the registered professional engineer has engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct;

(c) the registered professional engineer no longer meets the eligibility criteria for an area of engineering in respect of which the registered professional engineer is registered;

(d) the registered professional engineer is not a fit and proper person to provide professional engineering services in an area of engineering in respect of which the registered professional engineer is registered;

(e) the registered professional engineer obtained registration, or any required insurance, on the basis of information or a document that was false or misleading;

(f) the registered professional engineer has failed to comply with a condition of the registered professional engineer's registration;

(g) the registered professional engineer has failed to comply with an undertaking given to the Director under this Act, or to the Victorian Building Authority under the Building Act 1993;

(h) the registered professional engineer has not paid a fee or other amount required to be paid under—

(i) this Act or the regulations; or

(ii) a prescribed Act or law.

(2) The Director may make inquiries to determine whether a ground exists for taking disciplinary action under this Part.

Division 2—Show cause process