68Offence to hold out to be registered or endorsed without registration

68 Offence to hold out to be registered or endorsed without registration

(1) A person who is not registered as a practising professional engineer in a particular area of engineering must not represent that the person is able to provide professional engineering services in that area of engineering.

Penalty: 500 penalty units.

(2) A person who is not an endorsed building engineer must not represent that the person is an endorsed building engineer.

Penalty: 500 penalty units.

(3) A person who is not registered as a non-practising professional engineer must not represent that the person is registered as a non-practising professional engineer.

Penalty: 500 penalty units.

(4) A person who is not a registered professional engineer must not use the title professional engineer.

Penalty: 500 penalty units.

(5) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (4) if the person holds an equivalent registration under a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory or New Zealand.