Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Council; “Council” means the Council of Registered Professional Engineers of Mauritius established under section 3; “member” means a member of the Council; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of public infrastructure is assigned; “practice of engineering” means the advising on, the reporting on, the designing or the approval of designs of all public utilities, industrial works, railways, tramways, bridges, tunnels, highways, roads, canals, harbour works, lighthouses, river improvements, wet docks, dry docks, floating R12 – 1 [Issue 1] Registered Professional Engineers Council Act docks, dredges, cranes, drainage works, irrigation works, water works, water purification plants, sewerage works, sewage disposal works, incinerators, hydraulic works, power transmission systems, steels, concrete and reinforced concrete structures, electric lighting systems, electric machinery, electric apparatus, electrical communication systems and equipment, mineral property, mining machinery, mining development, mining operations, gas and oil developments, smelters, refineries, metallurgical machinery and equipment and apparatus for carrying out such operations, machinery, boilers and their auxiliary equipment, steam engines, hydraulic turbines, pumps, internal combustion engines and other mechanical structures, chemical and metallurgical machinery, apparatus and processes, and aircraft and generally all other engineering works, including the engineering works and installations relating to airports, airfields and landing strips and relating to town, country and community planning; “register” means the register of professional engineers, referred to in section 10; “Registered Professional Engineer” means a person registered as a professional engineer under this Act; “Registrar” means Registrar of the Council. PART II – ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL