Architects Act 1929 (Tas)

Architects Act 1929

An Act to provide for the registration of architects and to regulate the practice of architecture [Royal Assent 16 December 1929]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART I - Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be cited as the Architects Act 1929 . (2) This Act shall come into operation on 1st January 1930.

2. Interpretation In this Act – architect means – (a) a person who is registered as an architect in accordance with Part IV ; and (b) a person who is entitled to hold deemed registration as an architect; architect or architecture does not include naval architect or naval architecture or landscape architect or landscape architecture; Board means the Board of Architects of Tasmania established by this Act; complainant means a person who has made a complaint; complaint means a complaint, made under section 20A , that has not been withdrawn; continuing professional development requirement means a continuing professional development requirement determined by the Board under section 20G ; deemed registration means an entitlement to automatic deemed registration, within the meaning of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth; Institute means the Tasmanian Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects or any other institute which may hereafter be substituted therefor; member means member of the Board; professional misconduct, in relation to a person, means – (a) substantial or persistent unprofessional conduct by the person; or (b) conduct of the person, whether or not occurring in connection with the practice of architecture, that would justify concluding that the person is not a fit and proper person to be an architect; register means the register of architects kept by the Registrar in accordance with Part III ; Registrar means the Registrar appointed under section 7 ; unprofessional conduct, in relation to a person, means conduct by the person, in the course of the practice of architecture by the person, that falls short of the standard of competence and diligence that a member of the public is entitled to expect of a reasonably competent person engaging in the practice of architecture.