Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT 2023 - SECT 59

[ Note: This provision was uncommenced at republication date. ]

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

        (a)     makes a false or misleading representation that the person is registered to carry out a professional engineering service; and

        (b)     the representation is false or misleading in a material particular; and

        (c)     the person is reckless about whether the representation is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

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

        (a)     makes a false or misleading representation that the person is registered to carry out a professional engineering service; and

        (b)     the representation is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

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