The council will have seven members - two appointed by the minister. One of the appointees will be from outside the profession. The professional body in the sector will appoint four members, three of which will be from the private practitioners. The director of the Department of Building and Engineering Services (DBES) will be an ex-officio member of the council. The council shall have powers to regulate the activities and conduct of quantity surveyors in accordance with the powers and function conferred upon it by the law and suspend, or deregister any practitioner suspected or found guilty of misconduct.
Section 1 of the bill states that: "Any person who is not a quantity surveyor who; performs the work of a quantity surveyor for gain; practices or carries on business under any name or style which contains the title "Quantity Surveyor' or "Cost Engineer' commits an offence". The bill states that any person who uses advertisements, description, documents, drawing or other means, any name, title, addition motto or emblem, badge or other insignia which indicates or is calculated to assume that he or she is a quantity surveyor shall face a criminal charge.
