the eggp act
The engineering, Geological and
Geophysical professions act
Being Chapter E-11.1
Revised Statues ofAlberta, 2000
Printed April 2003
PART 6
GENERAL
Use of stamps, seal, permit number
78(1) A professional member, licensee or restricted practitioner shall,
in accordance with the regulations,
(a) sign documents or records, and
(b) stamp or seal documents or records.
(2) A permit holder shall affix its permit number on documents or records in accordance with the regulations.
1981 cE-11.1 s76;1984 c17 s28;1998 c14 s14
Exemption from municipal licence
79 No municipality has the power to require
(a) any professional member, licensee, permit holder or certificate holder to obtain a licence from the municipality to engage in the practice of engineering, the practice of geology or the practice of geophysics, or
(b) any member-in-training to obtain a licence from the municipality for or in connection with the performance of any acts or services authorized by this Act to be performed by a member-in-training.
1998 c36 s3
Liability to others
80(1) The relationship between a permit holder or certificate holder engaged
in the practice of engineering, geology or geophysics and a person receiving
the professional services of the permit holder or certificate holder is subject
to this Act, the regulations and any other law applicable to the relationship
between a professional member and the professional member's client.
(2) The relationship of a professional member or licensee to a permit
holder, whether as member, shareholder or employee of the permit holder, does
not affect, modify or diminish the application of this Act, the regulations and
the bylaws
(a) to the professional member or licensee personally as a professional member or licensee, or
(b) to the relationship between the professional member or licensee and the professional member's or licensee's client.
1981 cE-11.1 s77;1984 c17 s29
Registrar's certificate
81(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and stating
that a named person was or was not, on a specified day or during a specified
period,
(a) a professional member, licensee or certificate holder, or
(b) an officer of the Association or a member of the Council
shall be admitted in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary,
of the facts stated in it without proof of the Registrar's appointment or signature.
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and stating that a named corporation, partnership or other association of persons was or was not, on a specified day or during a specified period, a permit holder or certificate holder shall be admitted in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated in it without proof of the Registrar's appointment or signature.
1981 cE-11.1 s78
Protection from liability
82(1) No action lies against
(a) any person conducting a preliminary investigation, a member of the Discipline Committee, the Practice Review Board, the Investigative Committee, the Appeal Board, the Council or the Board of Examiners, the Registrar, the Association or any person acting on the instructions of any of them, or
(b) any member, officer or employee of the Association
for anything done by that person or body in good faith and in purporting to act under this Act, the regulations or the bylaws.
(2) No action for defamation may be founded on a communication that consists of or pertains to a complaint regarding the conduct of a professional member, licensee, permit holder, certificate holder or member-in-training, if the communication is published to or by
(a) the Association,
(b) a member of the Council, the Discipline Committee, the Practice Review Board, the Investigative Committee, the Appeal Board or the Board of Examiners,
(c) a person conducting a preliminary investigation,
(d) an officer or employee of the Association, or
(e) a person acting on the instructions of any of them
in good faith in the course of investigating the complaint or in the course of any proceedings under Part 5 relating to the complaint.
1981 cE-11.1 s79;1995 c14 s39