Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT 2002 - SECT 11

In deciding whether an applicant for registration is fit to practise as a registered professional engineer, the board may have regard to each of the following—

(a) whether the applicant has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for—

(i) an indictable offence; or

(ii) an offence against this Act or the repealed Act; or

(iii) another offence, relating to the practice of engineering, against a law applying, or that applied, in the State, the Commonwealth, another State or a foreign country;

(b) if the applicant has been registered under this Act or the repealed Act, or registered to practise as a professional engineer under a law applying, or that applied, in the Commonwealth, another State or a foreign country and the registration was suspended or cancelled—the reason for its suspension or cancellation;

(c) if the applicant has been registered under this Act or the repealed Act—any order about the applicant given under section 131 or 132 of this Act, or section 60 of the repealed Act;

(d) whether the applicant—

(i) is affected by bankruptcy action; or

(ii) is an executive officer of a corporation affected by control action after the commencement of this section;

(e) if the applicant has been required to undergo a health assessment under section 35E—

(i) whether the applicant underwent the assessment; or

(ii) whether the applicant cooperated with the doctor appointed to conduct the assessment;

(f) any other issue relevant to the applicant's ability to competently practise as a registered professional engineer, including, for example, the applicant's mental or physical health.