Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
(a) to keep and maintain the Register;
(b) to approve or refuse applications for registration under this Act;
(c) to prescribe the scale of fees to be charged by registered Town Planners for professional advice given and service rendered by it;
(d) to determine ethics of the profession;
(e) to regulate conduct of the profession;
(f) to hear and determine itself or appoint a committee or an arbitrator to hear and determine disputes relating to—
(i) professional conduct; and
(ii) professional ethics,
of registered Town Planners and registered Graduate Town Planners;
(g) to represent the profession in any matter in which it may be necessary or expedient;
(h) to examine, report and make recommendations upon current legislation and any other matter affecting the profession to—
(i) the government;
(ii) a public authority; or
(iii) an institute, a body or a society for the time being representing the profession;
(i) to appoint a panel, if so required, to conduct examinations for admission to the profession consisting of—
(i) a member of the Board; and
(ii) Town Planners as the Board may determine;
(j) to appoint a person to represent it on a body or panel of examiners which may be appointed by an institute, a body or a society for the time being representing the profession;
(k) to make recommendations to the relevant authority in relation to any examinations for qualification for admission to the profession;
(l) to appoint members of the Board to sit on a board, committee or body formed for any purpose affecting the profession;
and
(m) to appoint members of the Board to sit on the board of another professional body as may be necessary.
Reference :
- Act 538, Town Planners Act 1995
- Town Planners Registration Rules 1998, Town Planners Act 1995