Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Geologists Act 2008. (2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of this Act, or of different provisions of this Act, in different parts of Malaysia.
Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “foreign geologist” means a geologist who is not a citizen or a permanent resident of Malaysia; “registered foreign geologist” means a foreign geologist who is registered under subsection 22(3); “registered geologist” means a registered graduate geologist, a registered professional geologist or a registered foreign geologist; “registered professional geologist” means a professional geologist who is registered under subsection 20(3); “registered graduate geologist” means a graduate geologist who is registered under subsection 20(1); “member” means the Chairman and any other member of the Board appointed under section 6; “rock material” has the meaning assigned to it under section 5 of the National Land Code [Act 56/1965]; “Register” means the Register of Geologists kept and maintained by the Board under section 19; “prescribed” means prescribed by or under this Act or any regulations made under this Act; “Inspector” means an officer appointed under subsection 37(1); “Institute” means the Institute of Geology Malaysia established under the Societies Act 1966 [Act 335] and includes any institute, body or society succeeding it that is approved by the Minister; “committee” means a committee established under section 14; “Board” means the Board of Geologists established under subsection 3(1); “Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for mineral and geoscience development; “mineral” means any substance, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form, occurring— (a) naturally; (b) as a result of mining in or on the earth; or (c) as a result of mining in or under the sea or seabed, formed by or subject to a geological process, but does not include water, rock material and petroleum; “Registrar” means the Registrar of Geologists appointed under section 29; “practitioner” means a person referred to in subsection 21(1); “registered practitioner” means a person who is registered under subsection 21(1); “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under paragraph 6(1)(a) or 6(2)(a), as the case may be; “geological services” means the provision of geological advice and services pertaining to all or any of the following: (a) feasibility studies; (b) planning; (c) geological surveying; (d) implementation, commissioning, operation, maintenance and management of geological survey works or projects; and (e) any other services approved by the Board; “petroleum” has the meaning assigned to it under section 2 of the Petroleum Mining Act 1966 [Act 95]; “appointed date” means the date appointed under subsection 1(2). (2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit the practice of engineering under the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 [Act 138] by a registered geologist or registered practitioner.
Provisions on this page are reproduced verbatim from official open data. See the attribution line.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).