Difference between Competent and Pertinent

COMPETENT vs PERTINENT: NOUN

In Scots law, an appurtenant: used, chiefly in the pllural, in charters and dispositions in conjunction with parts: as, lands are disponed with parts and pertinents.

Properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
Legally qualified or fit to perform an act.
Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to.
Adequate for the purpose
Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
Legally qualified or sufficient
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.

In physical geography, of a stream, capable of transporting fragments of a given size.
In geology, having sufficient firmness and strength to transmit pressure to other strata or to lift an overlying burden, as a rock or stratum.
Answering all requirements; suitable; fit; sufficient or adequate for the purpose: as, competent supplies of food and clothing; an army competent to the defense of the kingdom.
Having ability or capacity; properly qualified: as, a competent bookkeeper.
Adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional
In law, having legal capacity or qualification: as, a competent judge or court; a competent witness.
Rightfully or lawfully belonging; pertaining by right; permissible: followed by to.
Fitted, etc. See qualified.

Synonyms Relevant, fit, proper, applicable, appertaining.
Pertaining or relating; that regards or has reference: with to or unto.
Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; to the purpose; adapted to the end proposed; appropriate; apposite; not foreign to the question; being to the point.

Proficient, Empowered, Competency, Skilled, Sane, Competence, Knowledgeable, Incompetent, Able, Workmanlike, Efficient, Adequate, Effective, Capable, Qualified

Irrelevant, Helpful, Cogent, Concerning, Interesting, Useful, Important, Pertaining, Germane, To the point, Apt, Apropos, Appropriate, Apposite, Relevant

Proficient, Empowered, Competency, Skilled, Sane, Competence, Knowledgeable, Incompetent, Able, Workmanlike, Efficient, Adequate, Effective, Capable, Qualified

Irrelevant, Helpful, Cogent, Concerning, Interesting, Useful, Important, Pertaining, Germane, To the point, Apt, Apropos, Appropriate, Apposite, Relevant

Sufficient staff are competent in operating the system.
CDD information available to competent authorities on request.
Definition Client is mentally competent when giving consent.
Are changes reviewed and authorized by competent personnel?
Trustee may apply to a court of competent.
Structural elements will be designed and constructed by competent professionals, and certified or approved by competent authorities or professionals.
These previously expressed preferences by adolescents competent to consent or the parents of minors not competent to consent must be respected by researchers.
Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that makes less competent people overestimate their abilities and more competent people underestimate them.
Interestingly, there is some discrepancy between the GMC guidance relating to competent children as opposed to competent adults.
Competent, professionally run organisations have a better chance to attract competent people.