SS · Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
Part 4 — Registration
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accordance with the regulations.
(2) The Minister shall appoint as members of the Board of
Examiners 3 persons from a list of members of the public
nominated by the Council.
(3) If the Council fails, within a reasonable period of time after
being requested to do so by the Minister, to make nominations for
the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister may appoint 3
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members of the public to the Board of Examiners without the
Council's nomination.
(4) The Minister may pay to a member of the Board appointed
under subsection (2) travelling and living expenses incurred by that
member for the member's attendance at a hearing of the Board
while away from the member's usual place of residence and fees in
an amount prescribed by the Minister.
(5) The Minister may, after consultation with the Council, revoke
the appointment under subsection (2) of a member of the public.
(6) The powers, duties and operations of the Board under this Act,
the regulations and the bylaws are not affected by
(a) the fact that no member of the public is appointed as a
member of the Board pursuant to subsection (2),
(b) the revocation under subsection (5) of the appointment of a
member of the public, or
(c) the resignation as a member of the Board of a member of the
public.
(7) The failure of a member of the public appointed under
subsection (2) to attend a meeting of the Board is not to be
construed to affect or restrict the Board from exercising at that
meeting any powers or performing any duties under this Act, the
regulations or the bylaws.
(8) The Board of Examiners shall consider applications for the
registration of applicants as professional members or licensees in
accordance with this Part, the regulations and the bylaws and may
(a) approve the registration,
(b) refuse the registration, or
(c) defer the approval of regi stration until it is satisfied that the
applicant has complied with a requirement made under this
section.
(9) The Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, require an
applicant for registration
(a) to pass one or more examinations set by the Board,
(b) to obtain more experience o f a kind satisfactory to the Board
for a period set by the Board, or
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(c) to pass one or more examinations and obtain more
experience
before it approves the registration.
1981 cE-11.1 s29;1984 c17 s11;1995 c14 s13