Civil engineers - Appointment of substitutes
General information
Civil engineers are entiteled to appoint another licence holder to be their substitute in case of being prevented.
In cases of expected longer-term absence, civil engineers are obliged to appoint another licence holder to be their substitute.
If the substitution lasts more than one year, the substituted person must request approval from the Chamber of Civil engineers. If she/he fails to request approval, the Chamber of Civil engineers must issue an official decision revoking the professional licence of the substituted person.
Deadlines
The appointment of a substitute must be reported to the Chamber of Architects and Engineering Consultants without delay.
Competent authority
- Request:
- The competent Chamber of Civil engineers ( → zt ) German text [Kammer der Ziviltechnikerinnen/Ziviltechniker] where the requesting party has her or his place of residence
- If the requesting party has no place of residence in Austria: the Chamber of Civil engineers ( → zt ) of her/his choice
- Decision: Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism ( → BMWET) German text
Data protection
I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding:
- the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal and objection, as well as on data portability
- the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority
- the responsibilities of the process controller and the data protection officer as per https://datenschutz.stmk.gv.at.