Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000)NoticesRules: Continuing Professional Development and Renewal of Registration, 2014Part A1. Interpretation |
| (1) | "Conditions for Renewal of Registration", in the context of section 22(2) of the Act, means those contained in these rules. |
| (2) | These rules are based on the Council's Policy on Continuing Professional Development, and should be interpreted in the context of that policy, in so far as the policy supports and augments the principles embodied in these rules. |
| (3) | In these rules, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned by the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No 46 of 2000) has the same meaning unless the context otherwise indicates, and |
| (i) | "accredited educational institution" means an educational institution which offers engineering programmes and which have been granted accreditation by the Council in terms of section 13(b) of the Act; |
| (ii) | "approved CPD provider" means a voluntary association and an "accredited educational institution" which are recognised by the Council for purposes of offering appropriate learning in respect of category 1 CPD activities as contemplated in rule 4(6) and Appendix A; |
| (iii) | "continuing professional development" also referred to in these rules as "CPD" means continuing education and training as contemplated in section 13(k) of the Act, and also means the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skills, and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties throughout a person's engineering career"; |
| (iv) | "expiry date" as contemplated in section 22(1) of the Act, means the date marking every third anniversary of the date on which such registered person has been registered by the Engineering Council of South Africa; |
| (v) | "Policy on Continuing Professional Development" means the most recent applicable version of the Council's policy on continuing professional development, and "the Policy" has the same meaning; |
| (vi) | "the Act" means the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000); |
| (xii) | "the Council" for purposes of these rules means the Council, established in terms of section 2 of the Act, whose members are appointed in terms of section 4 of the Act, and who is the ultimate policy making authority under the Act, and includes the executive committee of the Council in so far as the executive committee is authorised to make the same decisions as the Council; |
| (viii) | "the council" for purposes of these rules means a generic reference to any committee established by the Council, person or persons duly authorised by the Council to perform specified functions in terms of these rules; |
| (ix) | "Voluntary Association" means an association, institute, institution or society which is recognised by the Council as a voluntary association in terms of section 25(3) of the Engineering Profession Act, 2000, and "recognised voluntary association" has the same meaning. |