By-laws of the Association of Professional Engineers
made under Sections 6 and 32 of the
Engineering Profession Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 148
(effective May 29, 1946), N.S. Reg. 8/1946
amended to N.S. Reg. 60/2021 (effective April 22, 2021)
Table of Contents
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Interpretation
Meetings of the Association
Notice for meetings of the Association
Procedure of Association meetings
Terms of office
Nominations and elections
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Registrar
Treasurer
Auditor
Application for membership, licence or enrolment
Partnerships, associations of persons, bodies corporate
Professional development
Examinations
Honorary life membership and life membership
Council
Meetings of Council
Procedure of Council meetings
Resignations from Council and filling vacancies
Committees
Arbitration
[Fees and dues]
Funds of the Association
Payment of accounts
Discipline
Notices
Forms of certificates
Validation
Appendix - Code of Ethics for Engineers
Interpretation
1 (1) “Act” means the Nova Scotia Engineering Profession Act.
(2) “City of Halifax” means the area within the circle having a radius of twenty-five
miles from the main Halifax Post Office.
(2A) “Continuing Professional Development Guidelines” means the professional
development guidelines determined by a resolution of the Association that outline
requirements for members.
(2B) “professional development hours” means the hours required by Section 13C and
prescribed in the Continuing Professional Development Guidelines.
(3) Words and terms appearing in the within by-laws shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, have the same meaning as is given to the said words and terms
in the Act.
Meetings of the Association
2 (1) The annual meeting of the Association shall be held at such time and place as may
be fixed by the Council.
(2) General meetings of the Association for the transaction of general business and the
reading of papers or discussion of questions of interest to the professional engineer,
may be held whenever called by the President or the Council.
(3) Special meetings of the Association shall be held at the call of the President, or of
the Secretary upon the receipt by the Secretary of a requisition signed by not less
than five members of the Council or by not less than twelve members of the
Association.
Notice for meetings of the Association
3 (1) Notice of all meetings of the Association setting out the place and date thereof and
business to be transacted shall be given to each member and engineer-in-training
not more than three weeks and not less than one week prior to such meeting.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) may be given by mail, by notice published
in an Association publication sent to the membership of the Association, or by
electronic or other means or combination of means as determined by resolution of
the Council.
Procedure of Association meetings
4 (1) A total of fifty members and engineers-in-training shall constitute a quorum at all
meetings of the Association.
(2) The President of the Association shall preside as Chairman at every meeting of the
Association. If the President is absent or refuses to act as Chairman, the Vice-President shall preside. If both the President and Vice-President are absent or
refuse to act as Chairman, the members present shall choose one of their number to
be Chairman.
(3) All meetings of the Association shall be conducted in accordance with
parliamentary procedure.
(4) [repealed]
(5) Order of business at the annual meeting of the Association shall, unless otherwise
decided by a vote of the meeting, be as follows:
(a) read, correct and confirm the minutes of the last annual and all subsequent
meetings of the Association;
(b) business arising from the minutes;
(c) President’s report;
(d) Treasurer’s report;
(e) Registrar’s report;
(f) reports of committees;
(g) unfinished business;
(h) declare the result of the ballot and install the new officers;
(i) other business.
(6) Order of business at general and special meetings of the Association shall be as
follows:
(a) read, correct and confirm the minutes of the last meeting of the Association;
(b) business arising from the minutes and any unfinished business;
(c) business for which the meeting is called;
(d) other business.
Terms of office
5 (1) The President and the Vice-President shall be elected annually. Four Councillors
shall be elected annually for a term of two years.
(2) The retiring President, Vice-President and Councillors shall not be eligible for re-election to the same office for the following year.
Nominations and elections
6 (1) The Council shall, not later than the 30th day of April in each year, appoint a
Nominating Committee consisting of five members, to include a Past President,
preferably the immediate Past President, one member from Cape Breton, two
members from City of Halifax and one member from mainland Nova Scotia,
outside the City of Halifax.
(2) (a) The Nominating Committee shall prepare and deliver to the Secretary before
the 30th day of May in each year, a list of eligible members for the officers of
the Association and members of the Council for the next ensuing year. The
list shall include not more than two names for President, not more than two
names for Vice-President, and not less than four names of members resident
in the City of Halifax, and not less than four names of members resident in
Nova Scotia outside the City of Halifax, for members of Council. It shall not
include the name of any member who is known to be unable or unwilling to
accept office if elected. In addition, nominations shall conform to paragraph
(2)(c), herein to follow.
(b) The Secretary shall, not later than the 10th day of June in each year, advise the
members and engineers-in-training by letter, by any Association publication,
or by electronic or other alternative means or combination of means
determined by resolution of the Council, that nominations from members and
engineers-in-training will be received by the Secretary of the Association up
to the 10th day of July of the same year. Any ten members and engineers-in-training may submit nominations for candidates for any or all of the offices of
President, Vice-President and members of Council. Nominations shall be in
writing signed by all the nominators, and shall be accompanied by the consent
in writing of the member or members so nominated. Nominations may
include a single name only but shall include not more than one name for
President, one name for Vice-President, and two names of members resident
in the City of Halifax and two names of members resident in Nova Scotia
outside the City of Halifax, for members of the Council. In addition,
nominations shall conform to paragraph (2)(c), herein to follow.
(c) All of the nominees for President shall be in alternate years a resident of the
City of Halifax or a resident of Nova Scotia residing outside the City of
Halifax. When the nominees for President are residents of the City of
Halifax, all of the nominees for Vice-President shall be residents of Nova
Scotia outside the City of Halifax, and vice versa. Provided, however, that
should the required number of eligible nominees be not available for President
or Vice-President in the geographical area as required in any year, the rule
may be suspended for that year and the nominees may be supplied from the
total list of eligible members, with the next year’s nominees being selected
from the area which has not supplied the incumbents. Nominees for President
and Vice-President shall have had previous experience on Council.
(3) The Secretary shall submit the list of all nominees to the Council at the first
Council meeting after receipt thereof, for its approval. If for any reason the
Nominating Committee fails to properly fulfil all or any of the requirements of its
office, the Council may complete all or any of those requirements. The Council
shall then instruct the Secretary to prepare a ballot of the approved list of nominees
and send a copy thereof, bearing an impress of the seal of the Association, to each
member and engineer-in-training before the 1st day of August with the request to
indicate thereon, their choice of officers of the Association and members of the
Council and to return the list unsigned to the Secretary before the first day of
September following. The ballot shall be so prepared that members and engineers-in-training shall be instructed to vote for not more than one member for President,
one member for Vice-President, two members resident within the City of Halifax
and two members resident in Nova Scotia outside the City of Halifax for
Councillors. A member or engineer-in-training may substitute the name of any
member for Councillor and the name of any member having previous experience
on Council for President or Vice-President, and vote for such member, but shall
not vote for more than one President, one Vice-President and four Councillors in
the manner herein provided.
(4) Not more than two weeks before the annual meeting, all ballots received shall be
handed by the Secretary to three scrutineers appointed by Council. The scrutineers
shall analyse the vote and notify the candidates in camera, not less than one week
before the annual meeting, and will submit to the annual meeting the names of the
members who have received the greatest number of votes for the offices of
President and Vice-President, and for the two Councillors resident within the City
of Halifax and for the two Councillors resident in Nova Scotia outside the City of
Halifax. The presiding officer at the annual meeting shall then declare such
members duly elected to their respective offices. The scrutineer’s report and all
ballots shall be filed with the Secretary who shall retain the ballots for three
months before destroying them.
(5) In the event of two or more qualified nominees obtaining an equal number of votes
and when only one can be elected, the annual meeting shall elect the President,
Vice-President or member of the Council so tied.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the voting referred to in subsection (3) may be
conducted by electronic or other alternative means or combination of means
authorized by resolution of the Council, in which event all other requirements of
this Section shall apply with necessary adaptations.
President
7 The President shall perform all the duties imposed on him by the Act and by-laws and
generally supervise the affairs of the Association and Council.
Vice-President
8 The Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President in the absence or on the
resignation or death of the latter and when doing so, the Vice-President shall have the
same powers as the President.
Secretary
9 (1) The Council at its first regular meeting shall appoint the Secretary of the
Association.
(2) The Secretary shall perform the duties imposed upon him by the Act and by-laws.
He shall attend all meetings of the Association and Council and keep proper
minutes of the proceedings thereof, send out all notices on behalf of the
Association, Council, and any Committee, conduct all correspondence and keep
the seal of the Association and all records pertaining to his office. He shall
perform all the duties incidental to his office, or which may be assigned to him by
the Association, Council or any Committee of the Association.
(3) The Secretary shall hold office until a successor is appointed and shall be subject to
removal at pleasure at any time during his term of office by a majority vote of the
Council.
(4) The Secretary shall be paid a salary determined by Council for performing the
duties of Secretary, Treasurer and Registrar; or such proportionate part thereof as
shall be determined by the Council if performing only one or more of such offices.
(5) The Secretary, while performing the duties of Secretary, Treasurer or Registrar,
may, with the approval of the Council and at the expense of the Association,
engage the services of clerks or stenographers, on a full time or part time basis.
Registrar
10 (1) The Council at its first regular meeting shall appoint the Registrar of the
Association.
(2) The Registrar shall perform the duties imposed upon him by the Act and by-laws.
He shall receive and present to the Board all applications for membership, licence
to practise or enrolment as an engineer-in-training, and keep a full and correct
record of such applications and the Council’s resolution on each application. He
shall maintain the Register and issue all certificates of registration, licences to
practise and perform all other duties incidental to his office or which may be
assigned to him by the Association or the Council.
(3) The Registrar shall keep a Register in which shall be entered the full name, address
and date of registration of every member, person licensed to practise and engineer-in-training. He shall erase therefrom the name of any such person who has
resigned, ceased to be in good standing, been expelled or died, by drawing a line
through the name of such person and noting opposite such name the word
“resigned”, “not in good standing”, “expelled”, or “deceased” together with the
date thereof; provided that notice shall first be given to such person not in good
standing in the manner provided by Section 21(2) hereof. The word “suspended”
and the date and period thereof shall be placed after the name of any such person
who has been suspended.
(4) The Registrar shall provide the Secretary when requested with a list of members,
persons licensed to practise and engineers-in-training who are in good standing.
Treasurer
11 (1) The Council at its first regular meeting shall appoint the Treasurer of the
Association.
(2) The Treasurer shall perform the duties imposed upon him by the Act and by-laws.
He shall, under the instructions of the Council, collect and receive, pay out or
invest all moneys due to and payable by the Association. He shall keep proper
books of account entering therein all moneys received and paid out by the
Association, prepare and submit to the annual meeting of the Association the
financial statement, duly certified by the Auditor of the Association, of the annual
revenues and expenditures of the Association and furnish such other financial
reports as may be requested by the Council. He shall perform all other duties
incidental to his office or which may be assigned to him by the Association or
Council.
(3) The Treasurer shall be bonded by an approved surety company to the satisfaction
of the Council and at the expense of the Association before commencing his
duties.
Auditor
12 The Council shall appoint annually a chartered accountant to audit the books of the
Association. The Auditor shall examine into the financial condition of the Association,
prepare a balance sheet and report thereon. Such balance sheet and report shall be
delivered to the Treasurer, who shall submit it to the annual meeting of the Association.
Application for membership, licence or enrolment
13 (1) Application for registration as a member, or for a licence to practise or enrolment
as an engineer-in-training shall be made to the Registrar on a form prescribed by
the Council and shall be accompanied by the credentials, [a] professional
development guideline certificate in the form prescribed by Council and fees
required by the Act and the by-laws.
(2) Subject to any resolutions made under subsection (2A), the application shall be
presented by the Registrar to the Board of Examiners. The Board shall deal with
the application in the manner provided by Section 14 hereof, and shall submit its
findings to the Council, which shall dispose of the application by resolution.
(2A) In accordance with subsection 7(2) of the Act, the Council may make resolutions
respecting any of the following:
(a) the establishment of different classes of applicants for registration;
(b) the conditions for the entry into membership for persons in a class;
(c) the right of persons in a class to be exempted from the requirement that their
application for membership come before either or both of the Board of
Examiners or Council for consideration and or resolution before being granted
membership.
(3) The Registrar shall immediately advise the applicant by letter of the Council’s
decision on the application.
13A (1) The Board of Examiners shall require an engineer-in-training who is a graduate in
engineering or science of a school, college or university approved by the Council,
or who has passed examinations prescribed by the Council, to report to a member
of the Association designated by Council concerning his experience in engineering,
during the period in which the engineer-in-training is engaged in gaining the
experience in engineering prerequisite to registration as a member of the
Association.
(2) A member of the Association to whom an engineer-in-training is required to report
pursuant to subsection (1) hereof shall be a member with a minimum of ten years
experience in the practice of professional engineering who has been designated to
act in that capacity by the Council and who has consented so to act. A member so
designated shall be known as a “mentor”.
(3) The engineer-in-training shall report to the mentor pursuant to subsection (1)
hereof on his experience in engineering in such form and manner and with such
frequency as may from time to time be prescribed by the Council.
(4) Upon completion by the engineer-in-training of the required period of experience
in engineering, if the mentor is satisfied that the engineer-in-training has had
satisfactory experience in engineering and has otherwise satisfied the requirements
of this Section, including any rules, regulations, and guidelines made pursuant to
subsection (6) hereof, the mentor shall certify on the application of the engineer-in-training for registration as a member of the Association that the engineer-in-training has successfully completed the period of reporting on engineering
experience, and the mentor shall endorse the application of the engineer-in-training
for registration.
(5) In considering an application by an engineer-in-training for registration as a
member pursuant to Section 13 hereof, the Board of Examiners and the Council
shall be entitled to take into account, in addition to all other relevant matters, the
reports and submissions which the engineer-in-training has made to the mentor
pursuant to this Section, and the rules, regulations and guidelines made pursuant to
subsection (6) hereof, together with the comments of the mentor upon such reports
and submissions. If, in the opinion of the Council, the experience in engineering
of the engineer-in-training has been deficient, Council may prescribe such further
period of experience as may be required to ensure that the engineer-in-training has
obtained the nature and extent of experience in engineering prerequisite to
registration as a member of the Association.
(6) The Board of Examiners, with the approval of the Council, may make rules,
regulations and guidelines consistent with the section concerning the duties and
obligations of mentors and engineers-in-training under this Section, and concerning
the administration of this Section generally.
Partnerships, associations of persons, bodies corporate
13B (1) Every partnership, association of persons and body corporate which, pursuant to
Section 10 of the Act, undertakes and carries out the application of engineering in
its own name by providing engineering services to the public shall furnish to the
Association, in the manner and form prescribed by this Section, the following
information:
(a) the names, addresses and occupations of all of the partners, members of the
association of persons, or officers and directors of the body corporate, as the
case may be;
(b) the names of its members or full-time permanent employees, as the case may
be, who are the members of the Association or persons licensed to practise
under whose supervision engineering is applied;
(c) a description of the nature of its business and professional activities, including
areas of engineering specialization, and confirmation that one of its principal
and customary functions is the application of engineering.
(2) The information specified in subsection (1) shall be filed with the Registrar by way
of an information return in such form as is prescribed from time to time by the
Council. Every information return which is filed with the Registrar shall contain
information which is in all respects current and accurate as of the date of filing.
(3) An administrative fee of $300.00 shall be payable to the Registrar by every
partnership, association of persons, and body corporate on each occasion that it
files an information return as required by this Section.
(4) Information returns shall be filed with the Registrar as follows:
(a) every partnership, association of persons or body corporate which is engaged
in providing engineering services to the public as of the date that this Section
comes into force shall file an information return in prescribed form with the
Registrar on or before a date fixed by the Council, which date shall not be less
than thirty (30) days or more than ninety (90) days after the coming into force
of this Section. Thereafter, every such partnership, association of persons or
body corporate shall, for as long as it continues to be engaged in providing
engineering services to the public, annually file a further information return
with the Registrar on or before January 1st of each year;
(b) every partnership, association of persons or body corporate which becomes
engaged in providing engineering services to the public after the date that this
Section comes into force shall file the prescribed form of information return
upon becoming so engaged. Thereafter every such partnership, association of
persons or body corporate shall, for as long as it continues to be engaged in
providing engineering services to the public, annually file a further
information return with the Registrar on or before January 1st of each year.
(5) Where a partnership, association of persons or body corporate has filed the
prescribed form of information return together with the required administrative fee,
and the Registrar is satisfied that the return contains all information required to be
provided under subsection (1), the Registrar shall issue in the name of the
partnership, association of persons or body corporate a certificate recording its
compliance with the requirements of this Section. The certificate shall apply only
during the calendar year in which it is issued, and shall be in such form as is
prescribed from time to time by the Council. Issuance of such a certificate shall
indicate compliance with the requirements of this Section only, and shall not affect,
and shall not be deemed to affect, any right, duty, obligation or liability imposed by
or under the Act on any partnership, association of persons, or body corporate
respecting the application of engineering.
(6) The Registrar shall maintain a record of partnerships, associations of persons and
bodies corporate which have filed information returns in accordance with the
requirements of this Section, which record will include information from which it
can be ascertained from time to time which partnerships, associations of persons
and bodies corporate hold current certificates of compliance under this Section.
Professional development
13C (1) The certification of compliance with the Professional Development Guidelines
required by subsection 19A(1) of the Act includes compliance with the required
professional development hours and shall include a confirmation that the member
is practising only in areas of engineering in which the member is competent.
(2) Unless exempt by resolution of Council, a member shall complete the following
minimum professional development hours by participating in the professional
development activities identified in the Association’s Continuing Professional
Development Guidelines:
(a) beginning January 1, 2011, and continuing until December 31, 2013, a
minimum number of sixty professional development hours in each calendar
year with the specific number of hours required in each year to be set by
resolution of Council on or before March 1 of each year;
(b) beginning January 1, 2014,
(i) a minimum of sixty professional development hours in each calendar
year, and
(ii) except as provided in subsection (3), a minimum of 240 professional
development hours in each successive three-year period.
(3) A person who becomes a member in the second or third year of a three-year period
is not required to meet the minimum professional development hours required by
subclause (2)(b)(ii) during that three-year period, but must meet the requirement in
all subsequent three-year periods in which the person is a member.
Examinations
14 (1) The Council shall appoint a Board of Examiners consisting of at least four
members and shall designate which of the members is to be Chairman of the
Board. The Council may at any time fill any vacancies on the Board, replace any
member thereof, or add to its number.
(2) The Board shall
(a) meet at the discretion of its Chairman to consider all applications for
membership, licences to practise and enrolment as engineers-in-training
submitted to it by the Registrar and not previously disposed of by Council;
(b) report at each meeting of Council its findings as to whether or not each
applicant is qualified in accordance with the requirements of the Act.
(3) The Board, when directed by Council to examine a candidate, may nominate one
or more qualified persons acceptable to Council to set and conduct the
examination.
(4) The Board, with the approval of Council, may draw up rules and regulations
prescribing the scope of and the procedure for conducting the examinations.
(5) The Registrar, upon receiving from a candidate a written request for an
examination, accompanied by the prescribed fee, shall, after consultation with the
Board, notify the candidate in writing of the time and place at which he shall
present himself for the examination. The candidate shall be given at least thirty
days notice before the examination.
(6) As soon as possible and not later than twenty-one days after the close of each
examination, the persons who have set and conducted the examination shall make
and file with the Board, a certificate showing the results of the examination, a copy
of the examination papers, the answers of the candidate thereto, and the marks
awarded in each subject.
The Board shall submit these documents with its findings as to the qualifications of
the applicant to the Council at its next meeting. Thereafter such documents shall
remain on file with the Registrar and shall be open to inspection during regular
office hours by the candidate or by any person duly authorized in writing on his
behalf for a period of at least six months following consideration by Council.
(7) A candidate failing an examination may be examined again but not before six
months have elapsed.
(8) The Council shall prescribe the fee payable by the candidate for the examination,
and the fee payable to the persons appointed to set and conduct the examinations.
Honorary life membership and life membership
15 (1) Honorary life membership in the Association shall be granted by the Council, on
the unanimous vote of all members of the Council given by letter ballot, to a
person eminent in the engineering profession who has rendered signal service to
the Association. Honorary life members elected as such prior to the 31st day of
December 1951 shall, unless otherwise resolved by unanimous vote of all
members of the Council given as aforesaid, continue as such during their
respective lives.
(2) Life membership in the Association may be granted by the Council to
(a) a person who has reached the age of sixty-five years and has been a member
for the ten preceding years;
(b) a person who has been a member for forty years;
(c) any person holding the status of a non-active member when this clause comes
into force.
(3) [repealed]
(4) [repealed]
(5) [repealed]
(6) [repealed]
Council
Meetings of Council
16 (1) At least four regular meetings of the Council shall be held in each fiscal year at
such time and place in Nova Scotia as the President shall determine.
(2) Special meetings of the Council shall be called by the Secretary on the written
requisition of any four members of the Council at such time and place within Nova
Scotia as is designated in the requisition.
(3) Notice of both regular and special meetings of the Council shall be mailed by the
Secretary to all members of the Council from four to eight days in advance of the
holding of such meeting. Such notice may be waived by the written consent of
seven members of the Council.
Procedure of Council meetings
17 (1) The President of the Council shall preside as Chairman at every meeting of the
Council. If the President is absent or refuses to act as Chairman, the Vice-President shall preside. If both the President and Vice-President are absent or
refuse to act as Chairman, the members present shall choose one of their number to
be Chairman.
(2) Five members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at a meeting of the Council.
(3) Order of business at meetings of the Council shall be as follows:
(a) read, correct and confirm the minutes of the last Council meeting;
(b) business arising out of the minutes;
(c) read and consider correspondence and reports of committees, Board of
Examiners, auditors, etc.;
(d) deal with applications for membership, licence to practise and enrolment as an
engineer-in-training;
(e) consider and pass accounts;
(f) other business.
(4) A resolution assented to and adopted in writing by at least three-quarters of the
members of the Council, although not passed at a Council meeting, shall be of the
same force and effect as if it had been duly passed at a Council meeting.
(5) Meetings of the Council shall be conducted in accordance with parliamentary
procedure.
Resignations from Council and filling vacancies
18 (1) A member shall be deemed to have resigned from the Council
(a) on the death of the member;
(b) when the member’s written resignation filed with the Secretary is approved by
the Council;
(c) when the member has been absent for more than three consecutive meetings
of the Council without the consent of the Council;
(d) when the member, in the opinion of the Council, has given up his residence in
the Province of Nova Scotia;
(e) when the member has resigned as a member of the Association;
(f) when a member’s certificate of registration has been suspended or cancelled.
(2) A vacancy on the Council or in any office shall be filled by the Council for the
period between the date of such resignation and the next annual meeting of the
Association.
Committees
19 (1) (a) The Council shall appoint an Executive Committee consisting of the
President, Vice-President, immediate Past President, and two other members
of the Council residing in the City of Halifax.
(b) The Executive Committee shall conduct the affairs of Council between
Council Meetings.
(c) Any three members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum.
(2) The Council may from time to time appoint from the membership of the
Association such other committees as it thinks necessary and may delegate to such
committees any of its powers; provided that such committees shall conform to any
regulations imposed upon them by the Council.
(3) The President and the Vice-President shall be ex-officio members of all
committees appointed under subsection (2).
(4) Each committee appointed under subsection (2) shall elect its own Chairman and a
Vice-Chairman who shall, in the absence of the former, exercise all the functions
and powers of the Chairman.
(5) A committee may meet at such time and place as it sees fit.
(6) Questions arising at any meeting of a committee shall be determined by the
majority of those present, and in case of equality of votes, the Chairman shall have
the casting vote.
(7) The majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum.
Arbitration
20 The Executive Committee of the Council, upon the written request from a member or
engineer-in-training in the form of a statutory declaration filed with the Secretary setting
forth the terms and conditions of the issue involved, may act itself or designate a member
or members of the Association to act as arbiter between members or engineers-in-training
or as negotiator on behalf of the member or engineer-in-training respecting any matter
pertaining to his professional welfare. Any action taken hereunder shall be deemed as
having been taken by the Association.
[Fees and dues]
21 (1) Subject to Section 21A, the fees and dues of the Association shall be as follows:
Registration fee for a member$100.00
Registration fee for an engineer-in-training$95.00
Registration fee for a member where the applicant is a
member of a similar association of professional
engineers in another Province of Canada$100.00
Registration fee for a licence to practise non-Canadian$150.00
Registration fee for a licence to practise where the
applicant is a member of a similar association of
professional engineers in another province of Canada.......................................$150.00
Annual dues for a member
for the year 1998.........................................................................................$182.00
for the year 1999 ........................................................................................$197.00
for the year 2000, and for each year subsequent thereto...............................$212.00
Annual dues for an engineer-in-training (to be credited
towards registration fee when eligible for membership)
for the year 1998...........................................................................................$85.00
for the year 1999...........................................................................................$90.00
for the year 2000 and for each year subsequent thereto..................................$95.00
Annual dues for a person licensed to practise non-Canadian........................$600.00
Annual dues for a person licensed to practise where
the person is a member of a similar association of
professional engineers in another province of Canada.................................$480.00
(2) (a) The annual dues shall be for the calendar year and are due and payable in
advance on or before the first day of January in each year to the Treasurer or
some person appointed by the Council to receive them; provided that
applicants accepted as members and engineers-in-training after the first day of
October in each year shall only pay one-half of the annual dues for that year.
(b) [repealed]
(c) The name of any person whose annual dues are not paid by March 31 in any
year shall be erased from the Register by the Registrar after the Registrar has
given such person ten days notice of the intended erasure by registered mail
addressed to his last known address on the Register.
(d) Dues and fees of an applicant shall not be refunded to the applicant when the
application for membership, licence to practise or enrolment as an engineer-in-training has been refused.
(3) The Council, at its discretion, may:
(a) remit or rebate the fees or dues of any member, who is incapacitated by old
age, sickness, infirmity, or for other grievous disability or who resigns as a
member and subsequently appears for reinstatement;
(b) without limiting the generality of (a), exempt from the payment of fifty
percent of the applicable annual dues for any calendar year those persons who
are, in the opinion of the Council:
(i) members retired from the practice of professional engineering;
(ii) members who are unemployed;
(iii) engineers-in-training who are unemployed;
(iv) members who are experiencing or who have experienced extended
illness of a serious nature;
(v) members who have taken an extended leave of absence from
employment or other professional engineering activity due to maternity
or paternity leave;
(vi) members who are enrolled in a full time university program at the post-graduate level, provided that no exemption may be granted on this
ground for more than two calendar years.
(c) waive the registration fee for an engineer-in-training where the engineer-in-training applies for enrolment within thirty days of graduating from a college,
university or school of engineering or science approved by the Council.
(4) Assessments of members for payments, other than annual dues, required to cover
ordinary, special or extraordinary expenditures necessary to further any of the objects
of the Association, may be made after approval by two-thirds majority of the
members voting by letter ballot, or by electronic or other alternative means or
combination of means authorized by resolution of the Council, following the passing
of a resolution for such assessment by the Association or Council.
21A(1) In this Section, “resolution” means a resolution of the Council fixing the fees and
dues of the Association in accordance with this Section.
(2) The Council may by resolution fix the fees and annual dues of the Association in
accordance with this Section.
(3) A resolution shall adopt a schedule of fees and dues that are the fees and dues of the
Association until altered by further resolution or by By-law.
(4) The annual dues of the Association must not be increased as a result of any single
resolution by more than a percentage amount equal to the percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index for Nova Scotia, all times, for the 12-month period ending on
December 31 of the year preceding the year in which the resolution is passed.
(5) No more than one resolution may be passed in any calendar year.
(6) A resolution is not effective if, in the same year in which the resolution is passed, the
Association later adopts a by-law to fix fees and dues for the Association.
(7) For greater certainty, references in the Act and the By-laws to fees and annual dues
includes fees and annual dues fixed by resolution.
Funds of the Association
22 (1) All money received on behalf of the Association shall be deposited to the credit of
the Association at a chartered bank in Halifax approved by the Council. All
payments shall be made by cheque signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the
President, or other person duly authorized by Council.
(2) The Funds of the Association may be invested in securities which are eligible for
investment under the Canadian British Insurance Companies Act. Such securities
shall be registered in the name of the Association and placed in a safety deposit box
of a chartered bank and subject to access only on the written order of the Treasurer
and President or other person authorized by Council. The Council may at its
discretion dispose of any or all of the securities.
Payment of accounts
23 (1) The Council may pay out of the Association funds
(a) all reasonable expenses of members of the Council, of committees and of the
Board of Examiners for travelling, board and lodging incurred while attending
Council, committee or Board Meetings or while transacting any authorized
business on behalf of the Association or Council in places outside of the place
of residence of such members;
(b) any expenses incurred for the travelling, reception and entertainment of guests
of the Association;
(c) such salaries, wages and fees as may be approved by the Council;
(d) all other expenses which the Council or Association shall consider necessary or
advisable for the management of or in the interest of the Association.
Discipline
24 (1) Members, persons licensed to practise and engineers-in-training shall conduct
themselves in accordance with the Canons of Ethics appended hereto, and without
restricting the meaning of unprofessional conduct, any breach of the Canons of
Ethics shall be deemed to be a form of unprofessional conduct.
(2) The Council may by resolution adopt, amend or rescind, in whole or in part, a Code
of Ethics.
24A[repealed]
24B [repealed]
Notices
25 All notices required to be given or mailed under the provisions of the Act and by-laws
shall be deemed to have been given or mailed if mailed pre-paid in the Halifax Post Office
within the time specified for such notice, addressed (to the person entitled to the notice at
his address) as it appears on the Register. A statutory declaration of the Secretary shall be
conclusive evidence of the giving and mailing of such notice, and unless the contrary is
proven, service of the said notice shall be deemed to have been effected at the time at
which the letter or notice should have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.
Forms of certificates
26 (1) A “Certificate of Registration” shall be in the following form or in a form to the like
effect:
ASSOCIATION
OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
OF THE PROVINCE OF
NOVA SCOTIA
______________
Incorporated 1920
______________
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that
of
was duly elected a MEMBER of the
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
on the _______________ day of ___________________ 19____
______________________________
President
______________________________
SEAL Secretary
26 (2) A “Licence to Practise” shall be in the following form or in a form to the like effect:
LICENCE TO PRACTISE
ASSOCIATION
OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
OF THE PROVINCE OF
NOVA SCOTIA
______________
Incorporated 1920
______________
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that
of
has been duly granted a
LICENCE TO PRACTISE
in the Province of Nova Scotia
from ______________________19___ to _____________________ 19___
____________________________
President
____________________________
Secretary
SEAL
26 (3) A “Certificate of Enrolment of an Engineer-in-Training” shall be in the following
form or in a form to the like effect:
ASSOCIATION
OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
______________
Incorporated 1920
______________
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that
of
was duly enrolled as an
ENGINEER-IN-TRAINING
with the
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
on the ______________________ day of __________________ 19___
______________________________
President
______________________________
Secretary
SEAL
Validation
27 The Council may ratify, confirm or do any act or thing purporting to have been done or
which should have been done under the provisions of the Act or the by-laws, or may
extend the time for completing or perfecting any such act or thing; and the said act or
thing when so ratified, confirmed, done, completed or perfected shall have the same effect
as if done strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Act or the by-laws.
Appendix - Code of Ethics for Engineers
Professional engineers shall conduct themselves in an honourable and ethical manner.
Professional engineers shall uphold the values of truth, honesty and trustworthiness and
safeguard human life and welfare and the environment. In keeping with these basic tenets,
professional engineers shall:
1. Hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and the protection of the
environment and promote health and safety within the workplace;
2. Offer services, advise on or undertake engineering assignments only in areas of their
competence and practise in a careful and diligent manner;
3. Act as faithful agents of their clients or employers, maintain confidentiality and avoid
conflicts of interest;
4. Keep themselves informed in order to maintain their competence, strive to advance the
body of knowledge within which they practise and provide opportunities for the
professional development of their subordinates;
5. Conduct themselves with equity, fairness, courtesy and good faith towards clients,
colleagues and others, give credit where it is due, and accept, as well as give, honest and
fair professional criticism;
6. Present clearly to employers and clients the possible consequences if engineering
decisions or judgements are overruled or disregarded;
7. Report to their association or other appropriate agencies any illegal or unethical
engineering decisions or practices by engineers or others; and
8. Be aware of and ensure that clients and employers are made aware of societal and
environmental consequences of actions or projects and endeavor to interpret engineering
issues to the public in an objective and truthful manner.
9. Treat equitably and promote the equitable treatment of all clients, colleagues and
coworkers, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental
ability, marital or family status, and national origin.