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UPDATED CODE OF PRACTICE
FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORK
By the Engineering Council of South Africa
In terms of the Engineering Profession Act , 46 of 2000 ( as amended ), the Council must draw up a code of conduct for registered persons and may draw up a code of practice in consultation with the Council for the Built Environment , voluntary associations and registered persons .
The Council is also responsible for administering the code of conduct and the code of practice and ensuring that these codes are available to all members of the public at all reasonable times . An “ Overarching Code of Practice for the Performance of Engineering Work ” was therefore developed and published in the Government Gazette , dated 26 March 2021 , which this document refers to as the “ Overarching Code of Practice ”, for brevity .
The overarching code of practice applies to all engineering disciplines . Respective disciplines and sub-disciplines may develop their own codes of practice to complement the overarching code of practice , of which the Mechanical Engineering Code of Practice is applicable .
The Mechanical Engineering Code of Practice is specifically aimed at Mechanical Engineering and should be read in conjunction with the overall code of practice ; it is not intended to duplicate the requirements thereof .
POLICY STATEMENT This code is a statement of good practice for the performance of mechanical engineering work by registered persons . It is applicable to the entire mechanical engineering profession . Section 27 ( 3 ) of the Act requires registered persons to adhere to the requirements of this code when they perform mechanical work .
PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this code is to ensure that any person undertaking mechanical engineering work meets the prescribed requirements when practising and executing any mechanical engineering
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