Professional Engineers (Amendment) Rules 2018

No. S 26

Professional Engineers Act

(CHAPTER 253)

Professional Engineers (Amendment)
Rules 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Professional Engineers Act, the Professional Engineers Board, with the approval of the Minister for National Development, makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Rules are the Professional Engineers (Amendment) Rules 2018 and, except for rules 3, 4 and 5, come into operation on 15 January 2018.

(2) Rules 3, 4 and 5 come into operation on 16 July 2018.

New Rule 2A

2. The Professional Engineers Rules (R 1) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 2, the following rule:

“Register for foreign engineers

2A. The register of foreign engineers kept under section 8(1)(e) of the Act must be in the Form 5 set out in the First Schedule.”.

Amendment of rule 4A

3. Rule 4A of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “section 15(2)(b)” in paragraph (1) and in the rule heading and substituting in each case the words “section 15(2)(a)”.

Amendment of rule 4B

4. Rule 4B of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) A person may apply to sit for the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination mentioned in rule 4A(1)(a)(i) if —

(a)	the person has obtained any of the qualifications mentioned in section 15(1) of the Act; or
(b)	the person is undertaking a full‑time undergraduate engineering degree programme of not less than 4 years, or an equivalent programme approved by the Board, and is in his final year of study.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “after he has” in paragraph (3), the words “obtained any of the qualifications mentioned in section 15(1) of the Act, and has”.

Amendment of rule 5

5. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) For the purposes of section 15(2)(b) of the Act, the practical experience that a person applying for registration as a professional engineer must have after passing the examination mentioned in rule 4A is practical experience of at least 4 years —

(a)	that is relevant to the branch of engineering that the person seeks to be registered in;
(b)	that is in such professional engineering work and at such level of responsibility for the person to be sufficiently competent for registration as a professional engineer;
(c)	of which at least 24 months (in total) is acquired in Singapore; and
(d)	of which at least 24 months (in total) is acquired not more than 5 years immediately before the date of the application for registration.”.

Amendment of heading to Part V

6. Part V of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “AND LICENCES” in the Part heading and substituting the words “LICENCES, AUTHORISATION AND RECOGNITION”.

New rules 26A and 26B

7. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 26, the following rules:

“Fee for authorisation under section 10(1A) of Act

26A. Every application for an authorisation under section 10(1A) of the Act must be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the Third Schedule; and such fee is not refundable.

Fee for recognition under section 10A of Act

26B. Every application for recognition under section 10A of the Act must be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the Third Schedule; and such fee is not refundable.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

8. The First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after “Form 4” the following form:

Rule 2A

Form 5

Authorisation No.

Name

Branch of Engineering

Issue Date

”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

9. The Third Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (f) of item 6, the following paragraph:

“

(g)	protective security engineering

$450

”; and

(b)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of item 12, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following items:

“

13.	Application for authorisation under section 10(1A) (rule 26A)

$300

14.	Application for recognition under section 10A (rule 26B)

$100

”.

Amendment of Fourth Schedule

10. The Fourth Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “(G.N. No. S 653/2009)” in paragraph (iii) of the conditions in Set (A) in the third column of item 1, the words “or such other qualifications as may be acceptable to the Board”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 6, the following item:

“

7.	Protective security engineering

Civil or Mechanical

The applicant is required to satisfy any of the following sets of conditions:

Set (A)

(i)

the applicant has not less than 4 years (in aggregate) of such experience in protective security engineering (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) as may be acceptable to the Board, of which at least 3 years of that experience was obtained whilst practising as a registered professional engineer in Singapore; and

(ii)	the applicant has a post‑graduate degree (such as M.Sc or PhD) majoring in protective security engineering as may be acceptable to the Board;

Set (B)

(i)

the applicant has not less than 5 years (in aggregate) of such experience in protective security engineering (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) as may be acceptable to the Board, of which at least 3 years of that experience was obtained whilst practising as a registered professional engineer in Singapore;

(ii)	the applicant has successfully completed a training course in protective security engineering specified by the Board; and

(iii)

the applicant has passed a specialist registration examination on protective security engineering conducted by the Board;

Set (C)

(i)	the applicant has submitted his application within 12 months starting on 15 January 2018; and

(ii)	the applicant has, since obtaining any of the qualifications mentioned in section 15(1) of the Act, acquired at least 10 years of relevant practical experience in engineering as may be acceptable to the Board, and at least 5 years of such experience relates to protective security engineering.

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 165/95; S 670/2003; S 765/2005; S 72/2011; S 818/2013; S 536/2014; S 12/2017]

Made on 11 January 2018.

HO SIONG HIN

President,
Professional Engineers Board,
Singapore.

[ND202/01-036V7; AG/LEGIS/SL/253/2015/4 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 36(3) of the Professional Engineers Act).

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