Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 49 of 2000)

Board Notices

Code of Professional Conduct

4. Establishment of a Quantity Surveying Practice and carrying on of business
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4.1A registered Professional Quantity Surveyor who practices quantity surveying in any form shall obtain the prior written approval of the council to do so and shall within 30 days of the establishment of the business inform the council thereof in writing, giving full details of the address from which the practice is conducted, type of practice and names of partners, shareholders, directors, members or trustees.

 

4.2The council shall be informed of any changes in style or address, changes in the constitution of a practice and of its termination within 30 days of the relevant occurrence.

 

4.3The use of impersonal names shall be submitted to the Registrar of the council for approval.

 

4.4A registered Professional Quantity Surveyor shall not, except with the permission of the council and under such conditions as the council may prescribe, enter into any professional relationship or association with any person who is not a registered Professional Quantity Surveyor, or a member of a closely allied profession.

 

Permission will not be granted if the person concerned—

4.4.1is disqualified from registration under any provision of the Act or from membership of any closely allied profession;
4.4.2is qualified to register under any category provided for under the Act but has not done so.

 

4.5A quantity surveying practice shall be controlled by two-thirds registered Professional Quantity Surveyors in terms of number, shareholding, directorship and voting power.

 

4.6A multidisciplinary professional practice, that also practices quantity surveying work, shall be controlled by registered members of closely allied professionals, and the quantity surveying division / section shall be under the fulltime supervision of a registered professional Quantity Surveyor.

 

4.7Any office established for the purpose of conducting a quantity surveying practice shall be under the continuous, direct and personal supervision of a registered Professional Quantity Surveyor: Provided that the registrar may give permission for such office to be supervised on an intermittent basis for such period of time as the registrar may, in his or her discretion, determine. Conditions for such permission are that a registered Professional Quantity Surveyor shall be present in such office for a least one full day per week during normal office hours and that the time of attendance is prominently displayed outside the office. Permission will normally be granted to allow time for the replacement of a registered Professional Quantity Surveyor who has resigned or who has left for some reason or to allow time for the employment of staff where an office has to be established in an area because of the award of a project.

 

4.8The council may order that a practice be dissolved if any partner, trust, member or shareholder who is not a registered person has been guilty of any act which, had he or she been a registered person, would have constituted a breach of any provision of the Act or these rules.

 

4.9Letterheads of a practice shall display the names of sole principals, partners, directors, trustees or close corporation members, as the case may be, together with their registration status using the prescribed abbreviations.

 

Partners, directors or members who are not registered with the council should indicate their professional designations and qualifications.

 

4.10A practice must, when requested by a client to do so, provide the client in writing with all information pertaining to the juristic nature, style and composition of the practice, staffing levels and professional indemnity cover.

 

4.11A practice must, in terms of their appointment for the provision of quantity surveying services, ensure that all quantity surveying work undertaken by the practice will be under the control of a registered Professional Quantity Surveyor and must provide full disclosure to the client of the level of supervision provided by the registered Professional Quantity Surveyor.