Professional Engineers (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2018

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 20 Aug 2018

No. S 500

Professional Engineers Act

(CHAPTER 253)

Professional Engineers
(Amendment No. 2)
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. These Rules are the Professional Engineers (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2018 and come into operation on 20 August 2018.

Amendment of Fourth Schedule

2. The Fourth Schedule to the Professional Engineers Rules (R 1) is amended by deleting item 7 and substituting the following item:

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7.	Protective security engineering

(a)	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.

(b)	Chemical or Electrical

The applicant is required to satisfy all of the following conditions:

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

(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.

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[G.N. Nos. S 165/95; S 670/2003; S 765/2005; S 72/2011; S 818/2013; S 536/2014; S 12/2017; S 26/2018]

Made on 14 August 2018.

HO SIONG HIN

President,
Professional Engineers Board,
Singapore.

[ND 202/1-36; AG/LEGIS/SL/253/2015/4 Vol. 2]

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

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