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148B: Dam safety assurance programme for 2 or more dams forming single reservoir
or “Rules for keeping several dams safe when they make one big water area”
You could also call this:

“A special engineer who checks dams and has the right skills, but doesn't own or make money from the dam.”

A recognised engineer is someone who can work on dams. To be a recognised engineer, you need to meet three important requirements:

First, you can’t have any financial interest in the dam you’re working on. This means you can’t make money from the dam in ways other than doing your job as an engineer.

Second, you must be registered under the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act 2002. This is a special law for engineers in New Zealand.

Third, you need to have the right qualifications and skills. These are set by rules that say what you need to know and be able to do.

The law also explains what it means to have a ‘financial interest’ in a dam. There are three things that don’t count as having a financial interest:

  1. If you were paid to help build the dam as an engineer.
  2. If you get paid to check the dam (this is called an audit).
  3. If the owner of the dam hires you or pays you to work as an engineer.

These rules help make sure that recognised engineers can do their job fairly and without being influenced by money they might make from the dam in other ways.

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Safety of dams: Who is recognised engineer

149Who is recognised engineer

  1. A recognised engineer is an engineer who—

  2. has no financial interest in the dam concerned; and
    1. is registered under the Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act 2002; and
      1. has—
        1. the prescribed qualifications; and
          1. the prescribed competencies.

          2. In subsection (1)(a), financial interest does not include—

          3. involvement in the construction of the dam as a fully paid engineer; or
            1. entitlement to a fee for undertaking an audit; or
              1. employment or engagement as an engineer by the owner of the dam concerned.

                Notes
                • Section 149(2)(b): replaced, on , by section 45 of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).
                • Section 149(2)(c): inserted, on , by section 45 of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).