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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Like all statutory councils the Bill,
      when it becomes an Act wont force people to register. Registration
      will only become compulsory if and when any work reservation is
      instituted.<br>
      <br>
      The other aspect to consider is when a client wishes to use a
      registered person, in the same way as a client wants say a
      registered engineer or registered valuer or even a registered
      accountant etc... - its a matter of a clients choice. It does
      become harder for the state though, as they are dealing with
      public money and normally insist on using registered people and
      employing registered people. The state cannot undermine the
      legislation it created and so its duty bound to employ registered
      persons only.<br>
      <br>
      So in essence, the state is bound to use registered people, while
      the public can use anybody (provided there is no work
      reservation).<br>
      <br>
      With regards the category GIS practitioner or GIS Technologist or
      even GIS technician - until work reservation is instituted, there
      will be little difference. Some that I can think of would be the
      Title, and issues around running a company.<br>
      <br>
      Regards<br>
      <br>
      Peter<br>
      <br>
      On 2013/05/29 09:00 AM, Erick Ndava wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Not
                    exactly FOSS4G related but thought I would get
                    answers from here. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
                    recall something on the  Geomatics Profession Bill
                    was in brewing the past few months, including an
                    appeal of sticking points identified by members in
                    the field. Can anyone update on this, was it
                    adopted/ approved by parliament, and what are the
                    consequences regarding registration of one as a GISc
                    Practitioner or GISc Technologist?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Erick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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