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to keep and maintain a register of architects, professional engineers and quantity surveyors, a register of the architectural,

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professional engineering and quantity surveying practitioners and a register of licensees;

to hold or arrange for the holding of such examinations as the Board considers necessary for the purpose of enabling persons to qualify for registration under this Act;

to approve or reject applications for registration under this

Act or to approve any such application subject to such restrictions as the Board may consider fit to impose;

to cancel, remove or reinstate any registration;

to recommend, with the approval of the Minister, the scale of fees to be charged by architects, professional engineers and quantity surveyors for architectural, professional engineering and quantity surveying services, or charged by building draughtsmen for services rendered;

to establish, maintain and develop standards of professional conduct and ethics of the architectural, professional engineering and quantity surveying professions;

to promote learning and education in connection with architectural, professional engineering and quantity surveying;

to hear and determine disputes relating to professional conduct or ethics of registered architects, professional engineers and quantity surveyors or to appoint a committee or arbitrator to hear and determine those disputes;

to appoint arbitrators for the purpose of hearing and determining disputes between registered architects, professional engineers or quantity surveyors or licensed corporations or partnerships and other persons;

to license corporations or multi-discipline partnerships which intend to supply architectural, professional engineering or quantity surveying services in Brunei Darussalam; and

generally to do all such acts, matters and things as are necessary to be carried out under the provisions of this Act.

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