No. S 502
Professional Engineers Act
(CHAPTER 253)
Professional Engineers
(Approved Qualifications) (Amendment)
Notification 2015
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1)(a) of the Professional Engineers Act, the Minister for National Development, after consultation with the Professional Engineers Board, makes the following Notification:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Notification may be cited as the Professional Engineers (Approved Qualifications) (Amendment) Notification 2015 and comes into operation on 21 August 2015.
Amendment of paragraph 3
2.  Paragraph 3(2) of the Professional Engineers (Approved Qualifications) Notification 2009 (G.N. No. S 653/2009) is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “Division I” in sub-paragraph (c) and substituting the words “Division I or IA”;
(b)by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (c)(ii); and
(c)by deleting sub-paragraph (iii) of sub-paragraph (c) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:
(iii)in the case of a qualification specified in Division IA, the qualification meets the requirement specified in the fourth column of that Division; and
(iv)the qualification is supplemented by a post‑graduate qualification acceptable to the Board, if it is awarded before the date specified in the third column of Division I or IA (as the case may be), unless it is a qualification specified in Division II of that Part or alluded to in Division III or IV of that Part;”.
Amendment of Part IV of Schedule
3.  Part IV of the Schedule to the Professional Engineers (Approved Qualifications) Notification 2009 is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the country “REPUBLIC OF KOREA” in Division I, the following country and entries:
First column
Second column
Third column
Country/Region
Accrediting Organisation
Date
“RUSSIA
Association for Engineering Education of Russia
1 January 2012”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the country “SOUTH AFRICA” in Division I, the following country and entries:
First column
Second column
Third column
Country/Region
Accrediting Organisation
Date
“SRI LANKA
Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka
1 January 2014”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the country “TAIWAN” in Division I, the following country and entries:
First column
Second column
Third column
Country/Region
Accrediting Organisation
Date
“TURKEY
Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs
1 January 2011”; and
(d)by inserting, at the end of Division I, the following Division:
Division IA
Degrees from engineering degree programmes which are conducted within the country or region in the first column accredited by the accrediting organisation in the second column and which meet the requirement in the fourth column —
First column
Second column
Third column
Fourth column
Country/
Region
Accrediting Organisation
Date
Requirement
INDIA
National Board of Accreditation
1 January 2014
The engineering degree programme is provided by a University, College or Institution recognised by the National Board of Accreditation as a Tier 1 provider
”.
[G.N. No. S 819/2013]
Made on 12 August 2015.
BENNY LIM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND202/1-36V7; AG/LEGIS/SL/253/2015/1 Vol. 1]