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15 Engineers Registration 1997

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

No. 15 OF 1997 I ASSENT,

BENJAMIN W. MKAPA
President
12TH JUNE, 1997

An Act to repeal and re-enact with modifications the Engineers (Registration) Act, 1968, to
establish a Board to regulate the conduct of engineers, to provide their registration and for
related matters
[…………………………….]
ENACTED by the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania

PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

1. This Act may be cited as the Engineers Registration Act 1997 and shall Short title and
come into operation on such date as the Minister may by Notice published in commencement
the Gazette, appoint.

2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires:- Interpretation

“Appeals authority” means Appeals Authority established by section 20;

“Board” means the Engineers Registration Board established under section

3;

“Member” in relation to Board includes the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for works;

“Register” means the register kept under the provision of section 7;

“Registered Consulting Engineer” means a person or firm whose name is

entered in the register as a registered consulting engineer in a particular
engineering discipline, classification and grade;

“Registered Engineer” means a person whose name is entered in the register

as registered engineer;

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“Registered Graduate” means a person whose name in entered in the register

as registered graduate engineer;

“Registered Graduate Technician Engineer” means a person whose name is

entered in the register as registered graduate technician engineer;

“Registered Technician Engineer” means a person whose name in entered in

the register as a technician engineer;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Engineers Registration Board

appointed under section 6.