Section 13: Establishment of Safety Professionals Disciplinary Committee.

(1) There shall be the Safety Professionals Disciplinary Committee (in this Act referred to as "the Disciplinary Committee") which shall be charged with the duty of considering and determining cases of professional misconduct referred to it.
(2) The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of a chairman and four other members of the Board ofthe Institute appointed by the Board.
(3) The quorum of the meeting of the Committee shall be three members, including the Chairman or, in his or her absence, his or her nominee.
(4) The Disciplinary Committee shall conduct investigations into any allegation against any registered member of the Institute for professional misconduct or such other conduct that warrants proceedings against him or her or before the Disciplinary Committee and shall make determination as to his or her guilt or innocence.
(5) Where the Disciplinary Committee determines that a registered member is guilty of misconduct, it shall refer the matter, including all its proceedings, to the Board of the Institute and the Board shall make determination as to whether the member should be :
(a) reprimand;
(b) suspended for a period not exceeding 12 months; or
(c) deregistered, that is to say have his or her name removed from the register.
(6) The Board of the Institute may make rules not inconsistent with this Act as to acts which constitute professional misconduct.
(7) If a member is convicted of a criminal offence by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, he or she shall have his or her name removed from or struck out of the register.
(8) A person whose name is removed from the register in pursuance of a directive of the Board under this section the person shall not be entitled to be registered again except in pursuance of a new directive in that behalf given by the Board upon the application of that person not less than two years from the date on which his or her name was removed from the register.