Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland Policy Title: Restoration of RPEQs ID: 1.14 (3A) Status: Approved Version: 01/12/14

The purpose of this policy is to outline how the Board will exercise its discretion to accept an application for restoration made more than two months after expiry. 2. Background If a person’s registration has expired, the person may make an application for restoration to the Board within two months of the expiry.1 In practice, this requires an applicant to apply before 31 August annually. Applications for restoration made more than two months after the expiry may also be accepted by the Board, if the Board is satisfied it would be reasonable in all the circumstances to accept the application.2 This is effectively stage one of a two stage process for deciding an application for restoration ie. deciding if the application will become an ‘accepted application’. Stage two of this process involves the Board having regard to – (a) whether the Board considers the applicant is fit to practise as a registered professional engineer; and (b) the extent, if any, to which the applicant has satisfied the continuing registration requirements.3 One such example of satisfying the Board of continuing registration requirements is current Chartered status from one of the Board’s approved assessment entities. These provisions effectively allow for ‘out of time ’ applications, but nonetheless such applicants will be penalised by not being registered for the period of time between the expiration of the registration on 30 June and the date registration is restored. A period of non-registration could adversely affect the individual’s business affairs, so promoting vigilance to ensure that an application for renewal is made before the expiry of registration. If a person’s registration has expired, then for the period between expiration and restoration, the person is unable to hold out as bein