OBS_VALUE: A “competent person” shall prepare and submit to the local authority a rational design or rational assessment in accordance with the requirements of regulation A19. That term entails a person who is registered in an appropriate category of registration in terms of the Architectural Professions Act, 2000 (Act No. 44 of 2000), the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000), the Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003 (Act No. 27 of 2003) or any other relevant Act.