British Columbia Order in Council — Order under Professional Governance, ss (O.C. 37/2021)

O.C. 37/2021

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria page 1 of 4 On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective February 5, 2021, the attached Engineers and Geoscientists Regulation is made. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Professional Governance Act, S.B.C. 2018, c. 47, ss. 118 and 119 Other: R10479517 037 January 26, 2021

page 2 of 4 ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS REGULATION

PART 1 – D EFINITIONS

Definitions 1 In this regulation: “Act” means the Professional Governance Act; “former Act” means the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 116; “protective purposes” means the safety, health and welfare of the public, including the protection of the environment and the promotion of health and safety in the workplace.

PART 2 – P ROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

Definitions in relation to professional engineering 2 In this Part: “engineering discipline” means agricultural, biomedic al, bioresource, biosystems, building, chemical, civil, computer, el ectrical, environmental, food, forest, geological, geomatics, i ndustrial, marine, mechanical, mechatronics, metallur- gical, mining, naval architecture, nucle ar, petroleum, software and structural engineering and engineering physics; “practice of professional engineering” means the provision of (

a) advice or services that are ba sed on an engineering discipline, or (

b) advice or services that are ancillar y to those described in paragraph (a); “professional engineering licensee” means a registrant w ho is authorized by the regulatory body to use the title “professional engineering licensee”. Regulated practice 3 For the purposes of the definition of “p ractice of professional engineering” in

section 5 [definitions in respect of the Asso ciation of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Provin ce of British Columbia] of

Schedule 1 of the Act, the practice of professional engineering is prescribed. Reserved titles 4 For the purposes of

section 51 (1) (a) [reserved titles] of the Act, the following titles are reserved for the exclusive use of registrants: (a) “professional engineer”; (b) “professional engineering licensee”; (c) “engineer in training”. Reserved practice 5

(1) For the purposes of

section 51 (1) (b) [reserved practice] of the Act, the practice of professional engineering, as it relates to matters that, having regard to the

page 3 of 4 protective purposes, require the experience or technical knowle dge of a profes- sional engineer or pr ofessional engineering licensee, is a reserved practice that may only be carried out by or under the supervision of a registrant.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), th e reserved practice under that subsection includes the practice of professional e ngineering within the meaning of the former Act as it read immediately before its repeal.

PART 3 – P ROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTISTS

Definitions in relation to professional geoscience 6 In this Part: “practice of professional geoscience” means the provision of (

a) advice or services that (

i) are based on environmental geoscience, geology, geophysics or geochemistry, and (ii) relate to the discovery or deve lopment of oil, natural gas, coal, metallic or non-metallic minerals , precious stones, other natural resources or water or the invest igation of surface or subsurface geological conditions; (

b) advice or services that are ancillar y to those described in paragraph (a); “professional geoscience licensee” means a registrant who is authorized by the regulatory body to use the title “professional geoscience licensee”. Regulated practice 7 For the purposes of the definition of “practice of professional geoscience” in

section 5 [definitions in respect of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia] of

Schedule 1 of the Act, the practice of profes- sional geoscience is prescribed. Reserved titles 8 For the purposes of

section 51 (1) (a) [reserved titles] of the Act, the following titles are reserved for the exclusive use of registrants: (a) “professional geoscientist”; (b) “professional geoscience licensee”; (c) “geoscientist in training”. Reserved practice 9

(1) For the purposes of

section 51 (1) (b) [reserved practice] of the Act, the practice of professional geoscience, as it relate s to matters that, having regard to the protective purposes, require the experience or technical knowle dge of a profes- sional geoscientist or professional geoscience licensee, is a reserved practice that may only be carried out by or under the supervision of a registrant.

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(2) Without limiting subsection (1), th e reserved practice under that subsection includes the practice of professional geoscience within the meaning of the former Act as it read immediately before its repeal.

PART 4 – GENERAL Registration of firms 10 For the purposes of

section 3 [application to firms as registrants] of the Act, the regulatory body is authorized to register firms in that regulatory body as registrants.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 37/2021
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0037 2021
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	871e4819998b4755944334a19e63e8a15c51d37c

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