Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 49 of 2000)Board NoticesRules of the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession3. Registers of Professional Quantity Surveyors, Candidate Quantity Surveyors and other categories |
3.1 Establishment of registers
| 3.1.1 | Registers shall in terms of section 11(c) of the Act, be kept in which shall be entered the full name, qualifications, date of first registration, postal and physical addresses, telephonic and facsimile contact details of any person whose application for registration under section 18(1) of the Act has been approved by the Council. |
| 3.1.2 | The date of first registration of any person referred to in rule 3.1.1 shall be the date that appears on the certificate of registration issued in terms of the Act. |
3.2 Keeping of registers
| 3.2.1 | The Registrar shall remove from the registers the name of any registered person who has died or whose registration has been withdrawn in terms of section 20(1), (2) or (3) of the Act or whose name has been removed from the registers in terms of section 32(3)(a)(iv) or who has been suspended from his / her profession under section 32(3)(a)(iii). |
| 3.2.2 | No particulars in regard to any degree, diploma or certificate shall be entered in the register unless the Council is satisfied that the person claiming to possess such degree, diploma or certificate is entitled thereto. |
| 3.2.3 | Any entry which is proved to the satisfaction of the Council to have been made in error or through fraudulent misrepresentation or under circumstances not tenable in law shall be deleted from the registers. |
| 3.2.4 | Whenever any entry in respect of any person has been deleted under the authority of the Council, the Registrar shall, within twenty eight days of such deletion, notify the person concerned, in writing, thereof at his last registered address. |
| 3.2.5 | The registers shall be kept in the office of the Council and the Registrar shall from time to time, under the authority of the Council, cause copies of the register to be printed and published. |
| 3.2.6 | The registers shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any member of the public upon payment of the fee prescribed by the Council. |
3.3 Application for registration
| 3.3.1 | An application for registration in terms of section 19(1) of the Act shall be in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by: |
| 3.3.1.1 | the applicable registration and annual fees; and |
| 3.3.1.2 | in the case of an application in terms of section 19(1) of the Act— |
| (a) | a "practical training report" detailing the applicant's practical training and experience gained in quantity surveying; and |
| (b) | certified copies of all academic certificates; |
| 3.3.1.3 | any further information that the Registrar may require for the proper consideration of the application. |
| 3.3.2 | Upon a person being registered in terms of section 18(1) of the Act, the Registrar shall issue a Certificate of Registration. |
| 3.3.3 | A duplicate of the Certificate issued in terms of rule 3.3.2 may be issued if the application therefore is accompanied by an affidavit setting out the circumstances in support of the request and on payment of the fee prescribed from time to time by the Council. |
| 3.4 | Practical training for registration in terms of section 18(1) of the Act |
| 3.4.1 | The practical training for registration as a Professional Quantity Surveyor shall be performed to the satisfaction of the Council and under the guidance of a registered Professional Quantity Surveyor. |
| 3.4.2 | The practical training referred to in rule 3.4.1 shall be performed after the successful completion of the prescribed examination referred to in section 19(2)(a) and (b) of the Act and shall be an aggregate period of at least 36 months. The practical training shall include experience as described in the application form. |
| 3.4.3 | The categories of training and experience are those defined by the Council. |
| 3.4.4 | The Council may waive the requirements of rules 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 in any special circumstances and subject to such conditions as it may deem fit. |