Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT 2002 - SECT 75

75 Board’s decision about other investigations

(1) This section applies if the board—

(a) prepares a report under section 69 (1) about a person other than a registered professional engineer; or

(b) receives a report under section 71 (1) about a person other than a registered professional engineer and does not request a further report about the person under section 71 (3) ; or

(c) receives a further report under section 71 (3) about a person other than a registered professional engineer.

(2) As soon as practicable after preparing the report, or receiving the report or further report, the board must decide to do 1 or more of the following—

(a) start proceedings to prosecute the person for an offence;

(b) enter into an undertaking agreed with the person about the person’s conduct, including, for example, to apply for registration or to only carry out professional engineering services under the direct supervision of a practising professional engineer;

(c) caution or reprimand the person;

(d) take no further action about the matter the subject of the investigation.

(3) If the person does not comply with an undertaking entered into under subsection (2) (b) , the board may decide to take another action mentioned in subsection (2) .

(4) As soon as practicable after making the decision, the board must give notice of the decision to the person.

(5) If the board decides, under subsection (2) (c) , to caution or reprimand the person, the board must give the person an information notice for the decision.