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Formal Consolidation |  1992 RevEd
Conditions of licence to practise
21.—(1)  It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any corporation or partnership that the corporation or partnership shall supply professional engineering services in Singapore only under the control and management of a registered professional engineer ordinarily resident in Singapore who has in force a practising certificate authorising him to engage in professional engineering work to which those services relate and who is —
(a)a director of the corporation and —
(i)in the case of a corporation which has a share capital, a registered owner of at least one share of the corporation; or
(ii)in the case of a corporation without any share capital, a member of the corporation; or
(b)a partner of the partnership.
(2)  It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any corporation (other than an unlimited corporation) that the corporation shall not supply professional engineering services in Singapore unless —
(a)the corporation is insured in respect of professional liability in accordance with section 24 and the rules; and
(b)not less than two-thirds, or such lower proportion as the Minister may specify in relation to the corporation under section 20(1)(d), of each class of shares of the corporation are beneficially owned by and registered in the names of registered professional engineers, or registered professional engineers and allied professionals, who are either directors, managers or employees of the corporation.
(3)  Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2), the Board may grant a licence subject to such other conditions as it thinks fit and may at any time vary any existing conditions (other than those specified in subsections (1) and (2)) of such a licence or impose additional conditions thereto.
(4)  Where a licence is granted by the Board to a corporation or partnership subject to conditions (other than those specified in subsections (1) and (2)), the corporation or partnership may, if aggrieved by the decision of the Board, appeal in the prescribed manner to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 27 of 2005
Conditions of licence to practise
21.—(1)  It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership that professional engineering services to be provided in Singapore by the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership shall be supplied by a professional engineer —
(a)who shall be responsible for the professional engineering works;
(b)who has in force a practising certificate authorising him to engage in professional engineering work to which those services relate; and
(c)who is —
(i)in the case of a corporation, a director or an employee of the corporation;
(ii)in the case of a partnership, a partner or an employee of the partnership; or
(iii)in the case of a limited liability partnership, a partner or an employee of the limited liability partnership.
(2)  It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any corporation, other than an unlimited corporation, or to any limited liability partnership that the corporation or limited liability partnership, as the case may be, shall not supply professional engineering services in Singapore unless the corporation or limited liability partnership is insured in respect of professional liability in accordance with section 24 and the rules.
(3)  Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2), the Board may grant a licence subject to such other conditions as the Board thinks fit and may at any time vary any existing conditions (other than those specified in subsections (1) and (2)) of such a licence or impose additional conditions thereto.
(4)  Where a licence is granted by the Board to a corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership subject to conditions (other than those specified in subsections (1) and (2)), the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership may, if aggrieved by the decision of the Board, appeal in the prescribed manner to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
[27/2005 wef 01/12/2005]