ACT No. XXVII of 2017 AN ACT to amend the Engineering Profession Act, Cap. 321.

I assent.

(L.S.)

MARIE-LOUISE

COLEIRO PRECA

President

1st December, 2017

ACT No. XXVII of 2017

AN ACT to amend the Engineering Profession Act, Cap. 321.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:-

The short title of this Act is the Engineering Profession

(Amendment) Act, 2017, and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Engineering Profession Act, hereinafter referred to as

"the principal Act".

In article 2 of the principal Act, immediately after the

definition "Engineer" there shall be added the following new

definition

" "lifelong learning" means all general education,

vocational education and training, non-formal education and

informal learning undertaken throughout life, resulting in an

improvement in knowledge, skills and competences, which may

include professional ethics;".

Article 5B of the principal Act shall be amended as Amendment of

article 5B of the

principal Act.

(a)

for paragraph (b) of sub-article (1) thereof, there

shall be substituted the following

"(b) has pursued that profession in one or several

Member States for at least one year during the last ten

years preceding the provision of services when the

profession is not regulated in the Member State of

establishment. The condition of one year’s pursuit shall not

apply if the engineering profession or the education and

training leading to the engineering profession is

regulated.";

(b) in paragraph (e) of sub-article (2) thereof, for the

words "two years" there shall be substituted the words "one

year";

(c)

in sub-article (3) thereof, for the words "public

health, safety and security" there shall be substituted the words

"public health or safety, and that it cannot be compensated by

the service provider’s professional experience or knowledge,

skills and competences acquired through lifelong learning

formally validated to that end by a relevant body"; and

(d) for sub-article (5) thereof there shall be substituted

the following

"(5) No later than one month after receipt of the

declaration and accompanying documents, referred to in

sub-article (2), the Board shall inform the applicant of its

decision

(a)

not to

check

his

professional

qualifications; or

(b) having checked his professional

qualifications, to either require the applicant to

take an aptitude test or to allow the provision of

services.

Where there is a difficulty which would result in

delay in taking a decision under paragraph (b), the Board

shall notify the applicant of the reason for the delay within

the same deadline. The difficulty shall be solved within

one month of that notification and the decision finalised

within two months of resolution of the difficulty. In the

absence of a decision by the Board within the said

deadlines, the engineering services falling under this

article may be provided.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 57 of the 27th

November, 2017.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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