Table 48 Regulation of the Town Planning Profession Region
Country
Profession regulation
Law under which the profession is regulated
Name of regulator
Botswana
Externally Regulated
Town and Country Planning Act, 2013
Department of Town and Country Planning
Ghana
Self-regulated
-
-
Mauritius
Externally Regulated
Planning and Development Act 2004, Council of Professional Planners 2018 (Bill-not enacted yet) Town and Country Planning Act 1954, Local Government Act 2011, EPA Act 2014
Ministry of Housing and Lands, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Environment
Nigeria
Externally Regulated
Decree 3 of 1988 (Cap T7 LFN 2004)
Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria
South Africa
Externally Regulated
Planning Profession Act 36 2002
SACPLAN
Tanzania
Externally Regulated
Town Planners Registration Act (Act No. 7 of 20007)
Tow Planners Registration Board (TPRB)
Malaysia
Externally Regulated
Town Planners Act 1995 (Act 538)
Board of Town Planners Malaysia
Pakistan
Externally Regulated
Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners Ordinance 1983 (Ordinance IX of 1983)
PACTP (Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners)
Singapore
Self-regulated
-
-
Sri Lanka
Self-regulated
-
-
Barbados
Unregulated
-
-
Canada
Externally Regulated
Many, which are provincially based.
-
Trinidad & T.
Self-regulated
-
-
Malta
Unregulated
-
-
UK
Self-regulated
-
-
Australia
Unregulated
-
-
Fiji
Unregulated
-
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New Zealand
Self-regulated
-
Africa
Asia
Caribbean & Americas Europe
Pacific
Table 49 Regulation of the Engineering Profession Region
Africa
Asia
Country
Profession regulation
Law under which the profession is regulated
Name of regulator
Botswana
Self-regulated
-
-
Ghana
Externally Regulated
Engineering Council Act 819, 2011
Engineering Council of Ghana
Mauritius
Externally Regulated
Council of Registered Professional Engineers Act of 1966
Council of Registered Professional Engineers Board
Mozambique
Self-regulated
-
-
Uganda
Externally Regulated
Engineers Registration Act of 1969
Engineers Registration Board
Zambia
Self-regulated
Malaysia
Externally Regulated
The Registration of Engineers Act 1967
Board of Engineers Malaysia
Self-regulated
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APEB
Unregulated
An Engineers' Registration Act was passed in 2014 but not yet enforced.
-
-
-
Self-regulated
-
-
Caribbean & Belize Americas Grenada Europe
Malta UK
Table 50 Regulation of the Surveying Profession Region
Country
Profession regulation
Law under which the profession is regulated
Name of regulator
Nigeria
Externally Regulated
Quantity Surveying Registration Board of Nigeria Act
Quantity Surveying Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN)
Africa
Rwanda
Externally Regulated
Law No. 17/2010 of 12/05/2010
Council of Regulation of the Real Property Profession in Rwanda
Tanzania
Self-regulated
-
-
Asia
Malaysia
Self-regulated
-
-
Trinidad and Tobago
Externally Regulated
Only the Registered, Licensed Land Surveyors are regulated by the Land Surveyors Act 1996. Other professional members are not regulated.
The Land Survey Board of Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean & Americas
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