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No. 8 of 2006 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT |
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[Date of Assent - 31st May, 2006] |
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Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas. |
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1.(1)
This Act, which amends the
Professional Engineers Act, may be cited as The Professional
Engineers (Amendment) Act, 2006.
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Short title and commencement. No. 12 of 2004. |
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(2)
This Act is deemed to have
come into force on the 25th day of August, 2004.
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2.
Section 9 of the principal Act
is amended in the proviso by deleting the word "twelve" and
substituting therefor the words "thirty-six",
and by deleting the
words "one year" and substituting therefor the words "three
years".
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Amends section 9 of the principal Act. |
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3.
Section 34 of the principal
Act is amended -
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Amends section 34 of the principal Act. |
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(a)
by renumbering section 34 as
"section 34(1)";
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(b)
in paragraph (a) by deleting the
word "twelve" and substituting therefor the words "twenty-four";
and
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(c)
by inserting subsections (2), (3)
and (4) as follows -
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"(2)
Notwithstanding any provision of
this Act, the first Professional Engineers Board shall consist of
seven individuals who are eligible
to be registered as engineers
and who shall be appointed by the Minister acting on his
discretion.
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(3)
A member of the Board appointed
under subsection (2) of this section shall hold office until the
25th day of August, 2006 but shall
be eligible thereafter for
membership of the Board.
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(4)
The provisions of this Act shall
apply mutatis mutandis to a Board constituted under subsection (2)
of this section, and to any member
of the Board as if he were a
member appointed under section 3(2)(c) and (d), save that the
Minister shall not be required to act
with the concurrence of any
association of engineers.".
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