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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Professional Engineers Regulation 2024, made under the
Professional Engineers Act 2023 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act
2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 6 March 2025. It also includes any
commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
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The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial amendments
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amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by
an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The
changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into
line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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Modifications
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symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying
provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation
Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an
individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Contents
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1 Name of regulation 2
3 Notes 2
4 Registration conditions—Act, s 24 (1) (b) 2
5 Registration term—registration period for additional area of
engineering—Act, s 25 (b) (ii) 3
6 Registration term—applications for registration decided before
commencement day—Act, s 25 (b) (ii) 3
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 4
2 Abbreviation key 4
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3 Legislation history 5
4 Amendment history 5
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Professional Engineers Regulation 2024.
3 Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this
regulation.
4 Registration conditions—Act, s 24 (1) (b)
(1) It is a condition of a professional engineer’s registration that the
engineer not undertake work in the building and construction industry
unless—
(a) the engineer gives the registrar a report from an assessment
entity that assesses the engineer’s qualifications, experience and
competencies to undertake work in the building and construction
industry; and
(b) the registrar is satisfied that the engineer has the required
qualifications, experiences and competencies to undertake work
in the building and construction industry.
Note A professional engineer may apply to the registrar for a variation of the
engineer’s registration (see Act, s 28).
(2) In this section:
building work—
(a) has the same meaning as in the Building Act 2004, section 6; but
(b) does not include the disposal of waste materials generated
by an alteration or demolition mentioned in that Act,
section 6 (1) (a) or (b).
work, in the building and construction industry, means a professional
engineering service for an area of engineering that relates to building
work.
Section 5
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5 Registration term—registration period for additional area
of engineering—Act, s 25 (b) (ii)
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a professional engineer is registered for an area of engineering
(the first registration); and
(b) before, on or after the day the first registration commences, the
registrar decides to register the individual for an additional area
of engineering (the additional registration).
(2) The period worked out under subsection (3) is prescribed for the
additional registration.
(3) The professional engineer’s additional registration ends on the day
their first registration ends.
6 Registration term—applications for registration decided
before commencement day—Act, s 25 (b) (ii)
(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement day, the registrar decides to register
an individual for an area of engineering; and
(b) section 5 does not apply.
(2) The period worked out under subsection (3) is prescribed.
(3) The individual’s registration ends 3 years after the day the registrar
decides to register the individual.
(4) This section expires 3 years after the commencement day.
(5) In this section:
commencement day means the day the Act, section 22 (Deciding
applications) commences.
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired