Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Disciplinary Proceedings
50G. Restrictions on registered building draughtsmen
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A registered building draughtsman shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, be entitled to submit plans of buildings to the building authority in accordance with the restrictions specified in subsection (4) or such other restrictions as the Board thinks fit to impose.
registered building draughtsman
“registered building draughtsman” means a building draughtsman who has been issued with a certificate of registration under this Part.
No person who is employed by a body corporate, partnership, limited liability partnership, building contractor, manufacturer or firm shall be entitled to be registered under this Part.
building
“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes — (a) a hut, shed or roofed enclosure which includes a kiosk or stall, movable or otherwise; (b) an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary; (c) a dock, wharf or jetty; (d) a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a floatation system that — (i) is or is to be supported by water; (ii) is not intended for or useable in navigation; and (iii) is or is to be permanently moored; (e) a culvert, crossing, access road, bridge, underpass or tunnel; (f) a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non-proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product; and (g) such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
No registered building draughtsman shall practise under the name of a body corporate, partnership and limited liability partnership.
Subject to subsection (1), the registered building draughtsman shall be entitled to submit to a building authority for approval of any plans of buildings for residence not exceeding two-storeys in height provided that the total built-up floor area does not exceed 300 square metres in any one or series of project in the same development by the same client.
building authority
“building authority” means any person empowered to approve plans of building works;
Terms defined in this Act
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Board of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors established under section 4(1);
building
Defined · s 2“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes — (a) a hut, shed or roofed enclosure which includes a kiosk or stall, movable or otherwise; (b) an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary; (c) a dock, wharf or jetty; (d) a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a floatation system that — (i) is or is to be supported by water; (ii) is not intended for or useable in navigation; and (iii) is or is to be permanently moored; (e) a culvert, crossing, access road, bridge, underpass or tunnel; (f) a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non-proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product; and (g) such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
building authority
Defined · s 2“building authority” means any person empowered to approve plans of building works;
registered building draughtsman
Defined · s 50A“registered building draughtsman” means a building draughtsman who has been issued with a certificate of registration under this Part.
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