Section 4
Quantity Surveyors
of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Act
(1)
There is hereby established a board known as the Board of
Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors.
(2)
The Board shall consist of the following members —
(a)
the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Development ex-officio who shall be the Chairman;
(b)
Ten other members to be appointed by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertnan who
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have the relevant qualifications, knowledge or experience in the following fields —
(i)
architecture;
(ii)
professional engineering;
(iii)
quantity surveying.
(3)
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, appoint one of the members to be the
Deputy Chairman.
(4)
If the Chairman is unable to exercise his functions under this Act due to illness, absence from Brunei Darussalam or for any other cause, his functions shall be exercised by the Deputy Chairman.
(5)
The period of appointment of members under section 4(2)(b)
shall be not more than 3 years but he shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(6)
A person shall not be appointed under section 4(2)(b) to be a member —
(a)
if he is an undischarged bankrupt or has made any arrangement or composition with his creditors;
(b)
if he is convicted of any offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, or of any other offence implying a defect in character which makes him unfit for the architectural, professional engineering or quantity surveying professions;
(c)
if he is of unsound mind or incapacitated by physical illness; or
(d)
if he has at any time, after due inquiry, been found guilty by the Board of improper conduct.
(7)
The office of a member appointed under section 4(2)(b) shall become vacant if he —
(a)
resigns or is removed from office; or
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(b)
becomes in any manner disqualified from office within the meaning of subsection (6), and any vacancy shall as soon as practicable be filled in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was made; and every person so appointed shall hold office for the residue of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
(8)
All acts done by the Board shall, notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board or that it is afterwards discovered that there was a defect in the appointment of any person purporting to be a member thereof, be valid as if no such vacancy or defect had existed.
(9)
Any question as to whether a person has ceased to be a member of the Board shall be determined by the Minister whose decision is final.