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FUNCTIONS
a) to keep and maintain the Register;
b) to approve or reject applications for registration under this Act or to approve any such application subject to such conditions or restrictions as it may deem fit to impose;
c) to order the issuance of a written warning or reprimand, the imposition of a fine, suspension, cancellation, removal or reinstatement in accordance with Parts III and IV; d)
e) to fix from time to time with the approval of the Minister the scale of fees to be charged by registered Engineers and Engineering consultancy practices for professional engineering services rendered;
to hear and determine disputes relating to professional conduct or ethics of registered Persons or to appoint a committee or arbitrator or arbitrators to hear and determine such disputes;
ea) to act as a stakeholder in a contract for professional engineering services, when requested;
eb) to employ any person, as it deems necessary, to assist the Board in carrying out its functions, powers and duties subject to such terms and conditions as it may determine;
ec) to provide facilities for the promotion of learning and education and to hold or cause to be held professional development programmes, including continuing professional development programmes, for registered Persons to further enhance their knowledge in the latest developments relating to that profession;
ed) to appoint a committee consisting of persons to be determined by the Board:( i) to conduct professional assessment examinations for the purpose of admission as a Professional Engineer; or
( ii) to conduct professional competency examinations for the purpose of issuing a Practising Certificate to the Professional Engineer;
ee) to appoint any person to represent the Board in any committee, panel or institution, where that person would subsequently make recommendations to the Board on all matters regarding the qualifying for admission to the profession;
ef) to appoint a body consisting of members from the Board, Professional Engineers and other persons as may be determined by the Board to advise the Government and the public on matters relating to engineering education, including the certification of such programmes;
eg) to cause examinations to be conducted by an institution recognised by the Board for the purpose of admission to the profession; f)
g) to determine and regulate the conduct and ethics of the engineering profession; and
generally, to do all such acts, matters and things as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.