Section 20: Registration of professional quantity surveyor

20. Registration of professional quantity surveyor (1) No person shall be registered as a professional quantity surveyor unless he— (a) satisfies the Council that he— (i) has attained the age of 21; (ii) has not been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty in any country; [Issue 5] P39B – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius (iii) has not been disqualified or deregistered from practising quantity surveying on account of professional misconduct, professional negligence, fraud, dishonesty or breach of a code of practice in any country; and (iv) does not suffer from any mental impairment which is likely to hamper the discharge of his duties as professional quantity surveyor; (b) holds a degree or an equivalent qualification in quantity surveying from a university or other institution which is approved by the Council; (c) satisfies the Council, subject to subsection (3), that he has at least 3 years’ approved post-qualification experience in quantity surveying; and (d) pays such registration and annual fee as may be prescribed. (2) (a) A person who wishes to be registered as a professional quantity surveyor shall make a written application to the Registrar in such form and manner as the Council may determine. (b) An application made under paragraph (a) shall be accompanied by— (i) the applicant’s birth certificate and National Identity Card, or any other acceptable evidence of his identity, and in the case of a non-citizen, his passport; (ii) the original or a certified copy of the applicant’s degree or equivalent qualification in quantity surveying; (iii) subject to subsection (3), evidence of not less than 3 years’ approved post-qualification experience in quantity surveying, together with a report, in such form and manner as the Council may determine, demonstrating the applicant’s specific competencies in matters in which he has experience; (iv) subject to subsection (3), a report of a project or projects in which the applicant has been involved, in such form and manner as the Council may determine; (v) such processing fee as may be prescribed; and (vi) such additional document or information as the Registrar may require. (3) An applicant shall not be required to submit particulars under subsection (2) (b) (iii) and (iv), where he satisfies the Council that he is registered as a— (a) professional member in the field of quantity surveying with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors of the United Kingdom; or P39B – 11 [Issue 5] Professional Quantity Surveyors’ Council Act (b) quantity surveyor with such other body as may be prescribed. (4) (a) On receipt of an application made under subsection (2), the Registrar shall refer the application to the Registration Board for its recommendations. (b) The Registration Board shall, in assessing the application made under subsection (2), call the applicant for an interview. (5) (a) The Council may, after due consideration of the recommendations of the Registration Board, grant or reject the application and shall forthwith notify the applicant of its decision. (b) Where the Council grants an application under paragraph (a), it shall, on payment by the applicant of such registration and annual fee as may be prescribed, register the applicant as a professional quantity surveyor and issue to him a certificate of registration, subject to such terms and conditions as the Council may determine. (c) Where the Council registers a professional quantity surveyor under paragraph (b), the Registrar s ation and shall forthwith notify the applicant of its decision. (b) Where the Council grants an application under paragraph (a), it shall, on payment by the applicant of such registration and annual fee as may be prescribed, register the applicant as a professional quantity surveyor and issue to him a certificate of registration, subject to such terms and conditions as the Council may determine. (c) Where the Council registers a professional quantity surveyor under paragraph (b), the Registrar shall forthwith enter in the Register the name, address, qualification and other particulars of that professional quantity surveyor. (6) Where the Council is satisfied that a professional quantity surveyor has damaged or lost his certificate of registration, it may, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, issue a duplicate certificate of registration to him.