New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsIn this
Schedule--
"Guidelines" means guidelines issued by the Secretary and made publicly
available on a website of the Department.
"relevant education and training" for a registered practitioner means
education and training that is relevant to the class of registration in which
the registered practitioner is registered and includes education and training
carried out as a requirement imposed under a relevant authorisation held by
the registered practitioner.
(1) For the purposes of section 107(2)(b) of the Act, a registered practitioner must complete--(a) the continuing professional development requirements specified in this Schedule, and(b) additional continuing professional development requirements that may be imposed on the registered practitioner by the Secretary.
(2) The Secretary may, if the Secretary considers it to be reasonably necessary in the circumstances--(a) by written notice to a registered practitioner--(i) impose additional continuing professional development requirements on the registered practitioner, or(ii) exempt the registered practitioner from some or all of the continuing professional development requirements specified in this Schedule, or(b) by notice in the Gazette, exempt a class of registered practitioners from some or all of the continuing professional development requirements specified in this Schedule.
It is a condition of registration as a registered practitioner that the registered practitioner must--
(a) keep written records specifying how the registered practitioner has satisfied the registered practitioner's continuing professional development requirements for each year, and
(b) maintain the records for at least 5 years, and
(c) provide copies of the records to the Secretary if requested by the Secretary in writing.
(1) A prescribed practitioner must--(a) for a pathway 2 building practitioner--(i) each year successfully complete at least 3 hours of relevant education and training that is approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines, and(ii) 12 CPD points as approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines, or(b) otherwise--each year successfully complete at least 3 hours of relevant education and training that is approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines.
(2) A registered principal design practitioner is exempt from the requirement to complete the continuing professional development requirements specified in this Schedule, but only if--(a) the practitioner successfully completes the continuing professional development requirements for the practitioner's registration as a design practitioner, and(b) the Secretary does not impose additional continuing professional development requirements on the practitioner, whether in the practitioner's capacity as a registered principal design practitioner or registered design practitioner.
(3) Without limiting the type of relevant education and training that the Secretary may approve, the relevant education and training may require the prescribed practitioner to pass an assessment related to the relevant education and training.
(4) In this clause--
"pathway 2 building practitioner" means a building practitioner with the qualifications for a class of registration under pathway 2 set out in Schedule 2, clauses 23-25D.
(1) A registered professional engineer must successfully complete continuing professional development each year.
(2) A registered professional engineer is taken to have successfully completed continuing professional development for the year concerned if--(a) for a professional engineer who is a member of a professional body of engineers that operates with a professional standards scheme--the professional engineer satisfies the continuing professional development requirements that are imposed by the body in accordance with the professional standards scheme, or(b) for a professional engineer who is recognised or registered by a recognised engineering body--the professional engineer satisfies the continuing professional development requirements imposed by the body, or(c) in other cases--the professional engineer successfully completes at least 50 hours of relevant education and training for the year that is--(i) approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines and given a value in hours by the Secretary, or(ii) part of a program offered by a professional body approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines and given a value in hours by the professional body.
(3) A registered professional engineer who successfully completes more than 50 hours of relevant education and training for the year concerned under subclause (2)(c) may carry over some or all of the hours to the next year in a way approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines.