Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT 2023 (NO. 8 OF 2023) - SECT 58

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     carries out a professional engineering service other than under the direction and oversight of a professional engineer who is responsible for the service; and

        (b)     is not registered to carry out the professional engineering service; and

        (c)     is reckless about whether the person is registered to carry out the professional engineering service.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     carries out a professional engineering service other than under the direction and oversight of a professional engineer who is responsible for the service; and

        (b)     is not registered to carry out the professional engineering service.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.