Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Amendment Rules 2014

2014/312

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Amendment Rules 2014

Pursuant to section 40 of the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act 2002, the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand Incorporated, after complying with rule 86 of the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Rules (No 2) 2002, makes the following rules.

Rules

1 Title

  • These rules are the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Amendment Rules 2014.

2 Commencement

  • (1) These rules (except rule 7) come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

    (2) Rule 7 comes into force on 1 January 2015.

3 Principal rules
4 New rule 3A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)

  • After rule 3, insert:

    “3A Transitional, savings, and related provisions

    • The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1AA have effect according to their terms.”

5 New Schedule 1AA inserted
6 Schedule 2 amended

  • In Schedule 2, replace the item relating to a registration certificate charge for a certificate issued for 1 year commencing 1 January with:

    Registration certificate charge for a certificate issued for 1 year commencing 1 January 460
7 Schedule 2 replaced

Schedule 1
New Schedule 1AA inserted

r 5

Schedule 1AA
Transitional, savings, and related provisions

r 3A

1 Initial registrations in progress at 1 January 2015

  • If an application for registration is made prior to 1 January 2015 but no decision is made until after that date, the Registration Authority must rebate to the applicant any part of the registration application charge for which a rebate applies under Schedule 2 (if not already rebated) as though the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Amendment Rules 2014 had not been made.

Schedule 2
Schedule 2 replaced

r 7

Schedule 2
Charges

rr 8, 9, 15, 16, 25, 29, 31, 37

Initial registration

Charge or rebate Amount ($) (excl GST)
Registration application charge 3,253
less any of the following rebates that apply:  
if there is no engineering knowledge assessment 1,175
if there is no interactive assessment 270
for each assessor (if any) who is not remunerated for an assessment during which there is an interactive assessment 513
for each assessor (if any) who is not remunerated for an assessment during which there is no interactive assessment 378
for applicants excused under rule 9(2) from having to provide certain information, if the assessment panel uses only a single interactive assessment 350

Registration certificates

Charge Amount ($) (excl GST)
Registration certificate charge for a certificate issued for 1 year commencing 1 January 460
Registration certificate charge for each calendar month, or part of a calendar month, for which a certificate is issued, if issued for less than 1 year 40

Continued registration

Charge or rebate Amount ($) (excl GST)
Further interactive assessment charge 640
less the following rebate if it applies:  
for each assessor (if any) who is not remunerated for the further interactive assessment 225

Review of registration decision procedures

Charge Amount ($) (excl GST)
Charge for review of decision procedures 1,000

Voluntary abeyance

Charge Amount ($) (excl GST)
Charge for each 12-month period of abeyance 289

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of September 2014.

The Common Seal of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand Incorporated was affixed in the presence of:

Kevin Thompson,
President.

Kieran Devine,
Chief Executive.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These rules amend the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Rules (No 2) 2002 to replace the charges payable in relation to registration and the issue of a registration certificate. These rules come into force in 2 stages.

The first stage commences on the day after the date of the notification of the rules in the Gazette. This stage updates the charge for a registration certificate issued for 1 year commencing on 1 January.

The second stage commences on 1 January 2015 and updates the rest of the charges payable in relation to registration and the issue of a registration certificate.

The effect of the 2 stages is to allow the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand Incorporated to charge its members for a new annual registration certificate at the updated rate prior to 1 January 2015. All other charges will remain at the old rates until that date.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 25 September 2014.

These rules are administered by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand Incorporated.