Warrant Regulations, 2000

L.N. 210 of 2000

ARcmTECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

PROFESSIONALS (PERITI) ACT

(CAP. 390)

Architects and Civil Engineering Professionals

Warrant Regulations, 2000

IN exercise ofthe powers conferred by article 20 of the Architecture

and Civil Engineering Professionals (Periti) Act, the Minister for the

Environment, after consulting the Kamra tal-Periti, has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Architects and Civil

Engineering Professionals Warrant Regulations, 2000.

(Regulation 3)

Practical Training Log-book in terms of the Architects and Civil Engineering

Professionals Warrant (Granting) Regulations, 2000

Note: A candidate shall ensure that all parts of this form are completed accurately

and legibly, and that the form is signed both by the applicant candidate, as well as by

the warranted professionals endorsing the various stages of the training period. This

form should be attached to every application submitted to the Bord tal-Warrant tal-

Periti, for the award of the warrant in terms of regulation 3 of the aforementioned

regulations.

1. Candidate's Personal Details

Name

_

Surname

_

Passport or Identity Card No.

_

Date of Birth

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Nationality

_

Address

_

Telephone No.

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Post Code

_

Academic Qualifications

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Details of University

_

Duration of studies leading to academic qualifications

_

Training period represented by Log-book

_

Present position

_

Employer's details

_

2. Candidate's Declaration

I, the undersigned, certify that the information contained in this form is true and

correct in all respect and that I am aware that this declaration is being made on a public

document.

Date,

_

Signature

_

3. Professional Training

Note: Candidates applying for the grant of a Warrant, should acknowledge the

fact that the purpose of the log-book is to demonstrate to the Bord tal-Warrant tal-

Periti, that they have properly carried out the period of supervised training, after the

award of the appropriate academic qualifications, over the period of time envisaged in

article 3(2)(d)(ii) of the Architects and Civil Engineering Professionals (Periti) Act,

Cap. 390. Candidates are expected to show that they have spent at least one third of the

training period practising at an office (including experience in design work, planning

applications, contract administration, etc.) and another third working on site, (directing

works, measuring, checking quality control, etc.). Time spent completing any

postgraduate studies shall not exempt applicants from performing this period of

professional training.

It is important therefore that this section is completed to show concisely the whole

period of the candidate's training, in such a way as to clearly indicate the identity of

the project and nature of the work in which the candidate was directly involved.

Appointment and

Description of work

From

To

Signature of Warranted

Employer's Details

carried out

Professional

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4. Warranted Professional's Declaration.

This record of professional training is a requirement for the grant of the warrant

as an Architect and Civil Engineer, in terms of the aforesaid regulations. The Bard tal-

Warrant tal-Periti requests practising warranted professionals endorsing this log-book,

to ensure that all the information given is complete and correct. Practising warranted

professionals should ONLY endorse those projects of which they are cognizant and

which the candidate performed under their supervision.

Practising warranted professionals are to keep in mind that candidates should

spend a third of their training period practising at an office, (including experience in

design work, planning applications, contract administration, etc.) and another third

working on site (directing works, measuring, checking quality control, etc.).

I/We, the undersigned, certify that the information contained in this document as

certified by me/us, is true and correct in all respect, and that this declaration is being

made on a public document.

Warrant No.

Signature

Date

Name and Surname

I/WE, the undersigned, agree and undertake to attend one or more sittings at the

request of the Board to furnish any information deemed necessary by the Board in

connection with the information contained herein.

5. Observations by the Bard tal-Warrant tal-Periti.

Date

_

Chairman's Signature

_

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Architecture and Civil Engineering

Professionals (Periti) Act;

"Board" means the Bord tal-Warrant tal-Periti, established

by article 6 of the Act;

"supervision" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in

article 3(2)(d)(ii) of the Act;

"warrant" and "warrant holder" have the same meaning as is

assigned to them in article 5 of the Act.

An applicant for a warrant, who has the necessary academic

qualifications, shall spend at least a third of the training period provided

for in article 3(2)(d)(ii) of the Act working under supervision in a design

office, and at least another third of such period working on site under

supervision.

Every applicant for the warrant shall have a log-book attached

to his letter of application, as specified in the Schedule hereto. The

information in this log-book shall be given by the applicant and endorsed

by the supervising warrant holders so as to evidence the completeness

of the practical training. The log-book shall be considered as a public

document.

(1) An applicant for the grant of a warrant shall sit for an Oral examination.

oral examination before the Board or a committee appointed for this

purpose by the said Board in terms of article 7(2) of the Act.

(2) This oral examination shall include questions relating

to the information contained in the log-book with respect to the

experience acquired by the applicant, both in the design and in the

supervision of works, and may include questions related to procedures

and building techniques used in Malta, as well as the applicant's

knowledge of planning issues, procedures and regulations, professional

ethics and other aspects of the applicant's professional practice.

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supervising warrant holder on any matter reported in the log-book

referred to in regulation 4(2).

(2) Failure of the supervising warrant holder to attend such

interview, or failure of the said supervising warrant holder to satisfy

the Board on any matter mentioned in the log-book, may lead to a refusal

by the Board of any application for the issue of a warrant.

In the event that for any reason an application for the issue of Re.~pplieation for

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the Issue of a

a warrant shall have been refused by the Board, the applIcant may re- warrant.

apply for the issue of a. warrant not earlier than such time as shall have

been stipulated by the Board in the applicant's regard, which time shall

in no case exceed the period of training established by law in respect of

such applicant.

The Board shall keep a brief record of the proceedings of any Record to be kept.

examination.

An applicant for the warrant who is to sit for the said oral Lan~g~ofthe

examination may opt that the examination be held either in the Maltese eXlIJIllnallon

or in the English language.

These regulations shall not apply to applicants who have Non-applicability of

obtained the academic qualifications referred to in regulation 3 prior to regulations.

the 1st January, 2000.