ONLINE APPLICATION FOR SAACPP MEMBERSHIP

A firm/company interested in becoming a member of the SACPP is invited to complete and lodge the online application form that follows this introduction. Upon receipt, the SAACPP shall consider same and register your firm/company if you qualify. You shall be informed via e-mail message.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SAACPP MEMBERSHIP

The authorized representative of the firm/company must satisfy the following requirements:

1. He/she must be in practice as a Consulting Professional Planner, either individually or as a partner of or as an employee in a firm offering consulting professional planning services, and in all other respects, comply with the definition of a Professional Planner as contemplated in the Planning Profession Act, 2002 (Act 36 of 2002).
2. He/she shall be registered as a Professional Planner in terms of the Act (Act 32 of 2002).
3. He/she shall be of such standing and experience that, in the opinion of the SAACPP Committee, it makes him/her competent to practice as a Consulting Professional Planner.
4. He/she shall have conducted himself/herself in such a manner that his/her firm's/company's election to membership will not detract from the dignity or standing of the SAACPP.
5. He/she shall be a Corporate Member of the South African Planning Institution (SAPI).
6. He/she shall have gained at least 5 years' post-graduate experience of a nature satisfactory to the SACPP Committee.
7. During the period prescribed in requirement 6, he/she shall have been in practice as a Consulting Professional Planner for at least 2 years.
8. Proof of payment of the initial admission fee of R510-00 (once off payment) together with the annual membership fee of R740-00 per firm and R445-00 per qualified planner in the employ of your firm (directors/partners included), made payable to the SAACPP, must accompany your application.
9. The annual fee of R445-00 per qualified planner is not payable in respect of the authorized principal of the applicant i.e. the first registered professional planner is not taken into account for this purpose.
10. Where a firm or company has more than one branch office, an additional annual fee of R545-00 is payable per branch office.
11. For the purposes of calculating the annual membership fee, all qualified planners in your employ, irrespective of experience, will be taken into account.

Please use the table below to calculate your initial payment: