s 14 Appointment and duties of Registrar
14.—(1) There must be a chief executive of the Board called the Registrar of the Board, whose appointment and removal must be in accordance with the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.[5/2018] (2) The Board may, subject to the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, appoint an individual to act temporarily as the Registrar during any period, or during all periods, when the Registrar —(a) is absent from duty or Singapore; or (b) is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.[5/2018] (3) In addition to duties under the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Registrar must be under the general direction of the Board and must —(a) sign all certificates of registration, practising certificates and licences; and (b) record all entries of registration, cancellation and reinstatement in the register of professional engineers, register of practitioners or register of licensees, as the case may be.[5/2018] (4) The Registrar must attend all meetings of the Board and record the proceedings thereof, and must conduct the correspondence and deal with any matters that the president or the Board may assign to the Registrar. (5) The Registrar must —(a) as soon as may be convenient after 1 January each year, prepare and publish in the Gazette a list containing the names, qualifications (including the branch or branches of engineering to which the qualifications relate) and addresses of all registered professional engineers who have in force a practising certificate; and (b) publish in the Gazette the names, qualifications and addresses of professional engineers added to or removed from the register of practitioners. (6) In any proceedings, a list published under subsection (5) is prima facie evidence that the persons whose names appear in the list are registered professional engineers who have in force practising certificates.[9