FAQ

(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.