### Engineers Registration Ordinance 《工程師註冊條例》

12. Qualifications for registration
(1) The Board shall not register a person as a registered professional engineer unless—
(a) he—
(i) is a member of the Institution within a discipline; or
(ii) is a member of an engineering body, the membership of which is accepted by the Board as being of a standard not less than that of a member of the Institution within a discipline; or (Amended E.R. 5 of 2020)
(iii) has passed such examination in engineering and other subjects and has received such training experience as the Board may accept, either generally or in a particular case, as a qualification of a standard not less than that of a member of the Institution within a discipline; and
(b) he satisfies the Board that he has had 1 year’s relevant professional experience in Hong Kong before the date of his application for registration; and
(c) he is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; and
(d) he is not the subject of an inquiry committee or a disciplinary order under Part IV which precludes him from being registered under this Ordinance; and
(e) he satisfies the Board by declaration in writing that he is competent to practise in the relevant discipline; and
(f) he is a fit and proper person to be registered.
(2) Without limiting the effect of subsection (1)(f), the Board may refuse to register a person as a registered professional engineer who—
(a) has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence which may bring the profession into disrepute and sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not; or
(b) has committed misconduct or neglect in a professional respect.
(3) Where the Board is satisfied by an applicant that he is competent to practise engineering in a discipline and the Board is later satisfied that the person is not competent to practise engineering in that discipline, the Board may refer the matter to an inquiry committee who shall deal with it as if it was a complaint under section 21(1).

13. Application for registration
(1) A person shall apply for registration as a registered professional engineer in such form and manner as the Board may specify.
(2) An applicant shall pay to the Board at the time of lodging his application the fee for an application for registration.
(3) The Board may, in its discretion, require an applicant to undertake a written examination under section 12(1)(a)(iii) of his knowledge of engineering within the relevant discipline and professional matters.

14. Acceptance or refusal of registration
(1) The Board may accept or reject an application for registration or renewal of registration under this Ordinance.
(2) Where the Board accepts or rejects an application for registration or renewal of registration, the Registrar shall act in accordance with rules made by the Board.
(3) Where the Board rejects an application for the registration or renewal of registration, it shall give reasons for the rejection.

### Engineers Registration Ordinance 《工程師註冊條例》

15. Expiry of registration and renewal
(1) The entry in the register of a person as a registered professional engineer under this Ordinance—
(a) shall remain in force for 12 months from the date when he was registered;
(b) may be renewed annually by application of the person so registered.
(2) A registered professional engineer shall apply for renewal of registration to the Registrar in the form specified by the Board not earlier than 3 months and not later than 28 days prior to the expiry of the current registration.
(3) A registered professional engineer shall pay to the Board the fee for an application for renewal of registration at the time of applying for renewal of registration.
(4) If a registered professional engineer does not apply for renewal of registration before the expiry of his current registration—
(a) the Registrar shall, on the expiry of the current registration, note in the register that registration has not been renewed; and
(b) the person shall be deemed not to be currently on the register from the date of expiry of his registration.
(5) The Board may reject an application for renewal if it is satisfied that the applicant does not continue to comply with the requirements for registration set out in section 12.
(6) Where a registered professional engineer fails to renew his registration within time, the Board may extend the time for renewal of registration if the registered professional engineer pays to the Board the fee for the extension of time.
(7) Any grant of extension of time by the Board shall not affect any offence under any other Ordinance that the person who has failed to renew on time may commit as a result of that failure.
(8) If the registration of a registered professional engineer has expired, the Board may require him to reapply for registration instead of renewing his registration.

16. Registration committee
(1) The Board may appoint a committee of not less than 10 members from the members of the Institution to examine the engineering qualifications of an applicant for registration in a discipline, at least 1 member of the committee having qualifications in the discipline for which the applicant has applied for registration and at least 1 other member having qualifications, in the opinion of the Board, in a similar discipline to that for which the applicant has applied for registration.
(2) The Chief Executive may nominate a person to be a member of the registration committee, and, if a person is so nominated, the Board shall appoint him to the committee. (Amended 57 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) The registration committee shall make recommendations to the Board on the acceptability of the qualifications which require the Board’s acceptance under section 12(1)(a)(ii) or (iii).
(4) The Board shall not be bound by a recommendation of the registration committee under subsection (3).
(5) The Board may delegate any of its functions relating to registration and the renewal of registration to the registration committee.

### Engineers Registration Ordinance 《工程師註冊條例》

17. Certificate of registration
The Registrar may, on payment by a registered professional engineer to the Board of the fee, issue to the registered professional engineer a certificate of registration or a certificate of renewal of registration in the form specified by the Board.

18. Notice to Board on leaving Hong Kong
A registered professional engineer shall notify the Board if he is likely to be absent from Hong Kong for a continuous period of more than 6 months.

### Engineers Registration Ordinance 《工程師註冊條例》

20. Disciplinary offences
(1) A registered professional engineer commits a disciplinary offence if he—
(a) commits misconduct or neglect in any professional respect;
(b) has been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance;
(c) has obtained registration under this Ordinance by fraud or misrepresentation;
(d) was not at the time of his registration under this Ordinance entitled to be registered;
(e) has held himself out to be a registered professional engineer in a specific discipline when he was not so registered;
(f) without reasonable excuse, fails to attend before an inquiry committee when summoned either as a witness or as a person in respect of whom the inquiry committee is meeting; or
(g) has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence which may bring the profession into disrepute and sentenced to imprisonment, whether the sentence is suspended or not.
(2) If a person who has been guilty of misconduct or neglect in a professional respect or has been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance or has been convicted of an offence likely to bring the profession into disrepute and sentenced to imprisonment, informs the Board of such misconduct, neglect or conviction when he applies for registration or renewal of registration and the Board subsequently accepts the person for registration or renewal of registration, that person shall not, for the purposes of registration or renewal of registration, be considered as having committed a disciplinary offence in respect of the disclosed misconduct, neglect or conviction.
(3) Where the Registrar receives a complaint concerning a disciplinary offence, the Registrar shall submit the facts to 2 members of the Board appointed by the Board for the purpose, and the members, in consultation with the Registrar, shall determine whether the complaint should be referred to the Board.