Licensing Requirements

The Professional Engineers Act provides for professional engineers to team up with allied professionals to form multi-discipline corporations and partnerships that are licensed by PEB to supply professional engineering services in Singapore. Licence may be granted to four forms of organisations:

• Limited Corporations

• Unlimited Corporations

• Multi-discipline Partnerships

• Limited Liability Partnerships

The licence fee is $500 and the licence will be valid for a period of one calendar year.

Applications for Corporate Licences will be processed within 30 working days upon submission of complete documents. If the application requires more extensive evaluation, a longer processing time may be required.

Some of the licensing requirements are as listed below:

Limited Corporations

• The memorandum of association of the corporation provides that a primary object of the corporation is to supply professional engineering services;

• At least $ 500,000 in paid up capital;

• The articles of association of the corporation provide that a majority of the directors of the corporation shall be registered professional engineers or allied professionals;

• Professional engineering work in Singapore will be under the control and management of a director of the corporation who is a registered professional engineer who has a valid practising certificate; and

• The corporation is insured against professional liability

Unlimited Corporations

• The memorandum of association of the corporation provides that a primary object of the corporation is to supply professional engineering services;

• The articles of association of the corporation provide that a majority of the directors of the corporation shall be registered professional engineers or allied professionals;

• A director, manager or employee of the corporation shall be a member of the corporation; and

• Professional engineering work in Singapore will be under the control and management of a director of the corporation who is a registered professional engineer who has a valid practising certificate, is a member, or a registered owner of at least one share, of the corporation.

Multi-discipline Partnerships

• The partnership consists of only registered professional engineers with valid practising certificates and allied professionals with valid practising certificates have a beneficial interest in the capital assets and profits of the partnership; and

• Professional engineering work in Singapore will be under the control and management of a partner who is a registered professional engineer and who has a valid practising certificate.

Limited Liability Partnerships

• The statement lodged by the partners of the limited liability partnership with the Registrar of Limited Liability Partnerships under section 15(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005) provides that a primary nature of the business of the limited liability partnership is to supply professional engineering services;

• At least one of the partners of the limited liability partnership is a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate and the other partners are either registered professional engineers or allied professionals who each has in force a practising certificate, or corporations and LLPs licensed under the PE Act 1991, Architects Act or Land Surveyor Act where applicable;

• The business of the limited liability partnership will be under the control and management of a partner who is a registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate;

• The limited liability partnership is insured against professional liability.