Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Multi-Discipline and Corporate Practice
33. Revocation of licence
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to subsection (3), the Board may by order revoke any licence it has granted to a body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership if, in the opinion of the Board —
Board
“Board” means the Board of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors established under section 4(1);
the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership has failed to comply with any condition imposed by the
Board under section 28;
the memorandum or articles of association of the body corporate have been so altered that they no longer include the restrictions, limitations or prohibitions of the kind specified in section 27(1);
a person who is not —
a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate;
a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate; or
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a registered quantity surveyor who has in force a practicing certificate, has a beneficial interest in the capital assets and profits of the partnership;
limited liability partnership no longer satisfies the requirements of section 27(5), (6) and (7);
the licence had been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership has ceased to supply architectural, professional engineering or quantity surveying services in Brunei Darussalam;
the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership has contravened any provision of the prescribed code of professional conduct and ethics;
the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership has contravened section 29 or 30 or has been convicted of an offence under this Act;
the conduct of any director, manager or employee of the body corporate, or any partner or employee of the partnership or limited liability partnership affords grounds for believing that the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership will not supply architectural, professional engineering or quantity surveying services in Brunei Darussalam in accordance with any written law and with honesty and integrity; or
the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership has refused or failed to comply with an order of the
Board made under subsection (2).
The Board may, in any case in which it considers that no cause of sufficient gravity for revoking a licence exists, by order impose on the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned a penalty not exceeding $20,000, and every such penalty shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Board.
licence
“licence” means a licence to supply architectural, professional engineering or quantity surveying services in Brunei Darussalam granted under section 27;
The Board shall not exercise its powers under subsection (1)
or (2) unless an opportunity of being heard by a representative in writing or
Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors by counsel had been given to the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership against which the Board intends to exercise its powers.
Where the Board has revoked a licence under this section, the
Registrar shall serve on the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned a notice of the order made by the Board.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board appointed under section 9.
Any order by the Board revoking a licence or imposing a penalty shall not take effect until the expiration of 30 days after the Board has served that order on the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership.
Where an order of revocation becomes effective —
the Registrar shall cause notice of the revocation to be published in the Gazette and remove from the register of licensees the name and other particulars of the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned; and
the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned shall, as from the date of the notice, cease to supply architectural, professional engineering or quantity surveying services in Brunei Darussalam except as may be approved by the
Board for the purpose of winding up its business.
Subsection (6)(b) does not prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership by the body corporate, partnership or limited liability partnership of any right or claim against any person.
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Board of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors established under section 4(1);
licence
Defined · s 2“licence” means a licence to supply architectural, professional engineering or quantity surveying services in Brunei Darussalam granted under section 27;
practising certificate
Defined · s 2“practising certificate” means an annual certificate issued under section 25 authorising the holder thereof to engage in the practice of architecture, professional engineering or quantity surveying in Brunei Darussalam;
register of licensees
Defined · s 2“register of licensees” means the register of licensees referred to in section 8(1)(e);
registered architect
Defined · s 2“registered architect” means a person registered as an architect under section 17;
registered professional engineer
Defined · s 2“registered professional engineer” means a person registered as a professional engineer under section 17;
registered quantity surveyor
Defined · s 2“registered quantity surveyor” means a person registered as a quantity surveyor under section 17;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board appointed under section 9.
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