Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
R 385
Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003 (Act No.27 of 2003)27. Identification of work |
| (1) | The Council must consult with all voluntary associations regarding the identification of the type of natural scientific work which may be performed by registered persons. |
| (2) | After the process of consultation the Council must submit recommendations to the Director-General regarding the work identified in terms of subsection (1), for its consideration and determination. |
| (3) | A person who is not registered in terms of this Act, may not— |
| (a) | perform any kind of work identified for any category of registered persons in terms of this section; |
| (b) | pretend to be, or in any manner hold or allow himself or herself to be held out as, a person registered in terms of this Act; |
| (c) | use the name of any registered person or any name or title referred to in sections 18 and 22; or |
| (d) | perform any act purporting or calculated to lead persons to believe that he or she is registered in terms of this Act. |
| (4) | Subsection (3)(a) may not be construed as prohibiting any person from performing work identified in terms of this section, if such work is performed in the service of or by order of and under the direction, control, supervision of or in association with a registered person entitled to perform the identified work and who must assume responsibility for any work so performed. |
| (5) | Notwithstanding subsection (3), a person registered in terms of the following Acts may perform those elements of the natural scientific profession which are essential for the practising of his or her profession, if his or her education, training and experience render him or her competent to perform that work: |
| (a) | Town and Regional Planners Act, 1984 (Act No. 19 of 1984); |
| (b) | Professional Land Surveyors' and Technical Surveyors' Act, 1984 (Act No. 40 of 1984); |
| (c) | Architectural Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 44 of 2000); |
| (d) | Landscape Architectural Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 45 of 2000); |
| (e) | Engineering Professions Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000); |
| (f) | Property Valuers Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 47 of 2000); |
| (g) | Project and Construction Management Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 48 of 2000); |
| (h) | Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 39 of 2000). |
