Section 8
of Quantity Surveyors Act 1967
Section 8
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) or any other written law, no person or body, other than a Consultant Quantity
Surveyor or Professional Quantity Surveyor who is residing and practising in Malaysia or Consulting Quantity Surveying Practice in
Malaysia, shall be entitled to—
(a)
prepare and submit to any person, organization or authority in Malaysia, for construction projects, any feasibility study reports, preliminary estimates, cost plans, documents and reports for pre-qualification of contractors, bills of quantities and other tender documents, tender estimates and reports, contract documents, and valuations of works for interim payments, variation and final account; and
(b)
provide professional services such as project cost management, value management, risk management, facilities management, project management, construction management, construction claims management, dispute resolution services, technical and construction cost auditing and condition survey.
(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) shall affect the right of any architect, engineer, licensed land surveyor, valuer and appraiser for the time being registered under the relevant laws relating to the registration of such professions, to carry out any activity connected with his professional practice allowed under the relevant laws.
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(3)
Nothing contained in any other written law shall prevent a
Consultant Quantity Surveyor, Professional Quantity Surveyor or
Consulting Quantity Surveying Practice from making and submitting to any person, organization or authority in Malaysia valuations of structures, plants, machinery and equipment, in the course of carrying out any activity connected with his or its professional practice.