Second

Session, 46th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2009

BILL 44

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

ENGINEERS AND

GEOSCIENTISTS ACT, 2008

Received and Read the First Time ...................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE KEVIN O'BRIEN

Minister

of Government Services

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, 2008 to

broaden the scope of the authority of the board of directors of the Association

of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador to make by-laws with

respect to the appointment of committees to assist the board in the conduct of

its duties and powers under the Act.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS ACT,

Analysis

S.9 Amdt.

By-laws

S.38 Amdt.

Regulations

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2008 cE-12.1

1. Paragraph 9(1)(

b) of the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, 2008 is repealed and the following

substituted:

(

b) the appointment of committees and the duties

and responsibilities of those committees;

2. Paragraph 38(1)(

c) of the Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

(

c) governing the evaluation by the board, or a

committee appointed by the board, of the academic qualifications and experience

requirements of applicants for registration to engage in the practice of

engineering or geoscience and the examination of the applicants with respect to

those qualifications or requirements;

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer