| (b) |
technical planner; and |
| (2) |
A person may not practise in or perform any work, whether for reward or otherwise, which is reserved for any of the categories referred to in subsection (1) unless he or she is registered in that category and unless such practice or performance is supervised as may be required. |
| (3) |
Any person who wishes to be registered, must apply in the manner prescribed by the Council. |
| (4) |
The Council must consider an application for registration and must register the applicant in the relevant category, and issue to him or her a registration certificate in the prescribed form if it is satisfied that the applicant — |
| (a) |
in the case of a person applying for registration as a candidate planner— |
| (ii) |
is, in the Council's opinion, a fit arid proper person to engage in planning work under the control and supervision of a technical or a professional planner or such other person or institution as determined by the Council; |
| (b) |
in the case of a person applying for registration as a technical planner— |
| (i) |
has completed an accredited planning educational programme at the National Qualifications Framework level 6 or higher; |
| (ii) |
has undergone practical training of not less than two years or as may be prescribed by the Council; and |
| (iii) |
has passed a competency assessment determined by the Council; |
| (c) |
in the case of a person applying for registration as a professional planner— |
| (i) |
has completed an accredited planning educational programme at the National Qualifications Framework level 7 or higher; |
| (ii) |
has undergone practical training of not less than two years or as may be prescribed by the Council; and |
| (iii) |
has passed a competency assessment determined by the Council, |
or that the applicant possesses such other qualifications as defined in the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995, as may be determined for the relevant category from time to time by the South African Qualifications Authority in terms of that Act and by the Council.
| (5) |
Only a registered person may describe himself or herself in terms of the category in which he or she is registered. |
| (6) |
The Council may determine abbreviations or acronyms for the categories of registration referred to in subsection (1). |
| (7) |
The Council must not register any person who— |
| (a) |
is an unrehabilitated insolvent whose insolvency was caused by his or her negligence or incompetence in performing planning work; |
| (b) |
is declared by a court of law to be mentally incompetent or is detained under the Mental Health Act, 1973; |
| (c) |
has been convicted, whether in the Republic of South Africa or elsewhere, of an offence involving dishonesty and for which he or she was sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine; |
| (d) |
has been removed from an office of trust on account of improper conduct; |
| (e) |
has had his or her name removed from any professional register on account of misconduct and who has not been reinstated; or |
| (f) |
is not, in the Council's opinion, a fit and proper person to be registered. |
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
