New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DESIGN AND BUILDING PRACTITIONERS ACT 2020 - SECT 32

32 Professional engineering work only carried out by professional engineers

(1) A person must not carry out professional engineering work in a prescribed area of engineering unless--

(a) the person is a registered professional engineer and the person's registration authorises the person to carry out the professional engineering work, or

(b) the person carries out the professional engineering work under the direct supervision of a person referred to in paragraph (a), or

(c) the person is authorised by the regulations to carry out the professional engineering work.

: Maximum penalty--1,500 penalty units (in the case of a body corporate) or 500 penalty units (in any other case).

(2) If a person carries out professional engineering work in contravention of subsection (1)--

(a) no monetary or other consideration is payable for the carrying out of the professional engineering work, regardless of any contract or arrangement, and

(b) an amount paid for the carrying out of the professional engineering work is recoverable as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) In this section--

"prescribed area of engineering" means the following--

(a) structural engineering,

(b) civil engineering,

(c) mechanical engineering,

(d) fire safety engineering,

(e) electrical engineering,

(f) an area of engineering prescribed by the regulations.