HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1 In this Act,

(a) "Appeal Board" means the Appeal Board established under section 18;
(b) "Association" means the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta;
(c) "Board of Examiners" means the Board of Examiners established under section 30;
(d) "certificate holder" means
(i) a joint firm, and
(ii) a restricted practitioner;
(e) "Council" means the Council of the Association;
(f) "Court" means the Court of Queen's Bench;
(g) "Discipline Committee" means the Discipline Committee established under section 45;
(h) "Investigative Committee" means the Investigative Committee established by the Council pursuant to section 46;
(i) "Joint Board" means the Joint Board of Practice under section 1 of Schedule 8 to the Government Organization Act;
(j) "joint firm" means a firm to which a certificate of authorization has been issued under section 35;
(k) "licensee" means an individual who holds a licence under this Act;
(l) "member of the Association" means a person who is registered as a professional member or a member of a class or category of membership established under this Act;
(m) "member of the public" means, in sections 14, 15 and 30, a person who is

(i) a Canadian citizen or who is lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence,
(ii) a resident of Alberta, and
(iii) not a professional member of the Association;

(n) "member-in-training" means engineer-in-training, geologist-in-training or geophysicist- in-training, as the case may be;
(o) "Minister" means the Minister determined under section 16 of the Government Organization Act as the Minister responsible for this Act;
(p) "permit holder" means a partnership or other association of persons or a corporation that holds a permit under this Act;
(q) "practice of engineering" means

(i) reporting on, advising on, evaluating, designing, preparing plans and specifications for or directing the construction, technical inspection, maintenance or operation of any structure, work or process

(A) that is aimed at the discovery, development or utilization of matter, materials or energy or in any other way designed for the use and convenience of humans, and
(B) that requires in that reporting, advising, evaluating, designing, preparation or direction the professional application of the principles of mathematics, chemistry, physics or any related applied subject, or

(ii) teaching engineering at a university;

(r) "practice of geology" means

(i) reporting, advising, evaluating, interpreting, geological surveying, sampling or examining related to any activity

(A) that is aimed at the discovery or development of oil, natural gas, coal, metallic or non-metallic minerals, precious stones, other natural resources or water or that is aimed at the investigation of geological conditions, and
(B) that requires in that reporting, advising, evaluating, interpreting, geological surveying, sampling or examining, the professional application of the principles of the geological sciences, or

(ii) teaching geology at a university;

(s) "practice of geophysics" means

(i) reporting on, advising on, acquiring, processing, evaluating or interpreting geophysical data, or geophysical surveying that relates to any activity

(A) that is aimed at the discovery or development of oil, natural gas, coal, metallic or non-metallic minerals or precious stones or other natural resources or water or that is aimed at the investigation of sub-surface conditions in the earth, and
(B) that requires in that reporting, advising, evaluating, interpreting, or geophysical surveying, the professional application of the principles of the geophysical sciences, or

(ii) teaching geophysics at a university;

(t) "Practice Review Board" means the Practice Review Board established under section 15;
(u) "profession" means the profession of engineering, geology or geophysics, as the case may be;
(v) "professional engineer" means an individual who holds a certificate of registration to engage in the practice of engineering under this Act;
(w) "professional geologist" means an individual who holds a certificate of registration to engage in the practice of geology under this Act;
(x) "professional geophysicist" means an individual who holds a certificate of registration to engage in the practice of geophysics under this Act;
(y) "professional member" means a professional engineer, professional geologist or professional geophysicist;
(z) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 13;
(aa) "restricted practitioner" means a registered architect under the Architects Act who holds a certificate of authorization under this Act.
1981 cE-11.1 s1;1983 cD-25.5 s23;1984 c17 s2;
1994 cG-8.5 s30;1995 c14 s2