Section 18
Section 15a of the principal Act is amended—
of Architects (Amendment) Act 2015
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) The Board shall appoint—
(a)
not more than three members of the Board to investigate any misconduct or complaint made against any Architect, Graduate
Architect, foreign architect or architectural consultancy practice; and
(b)
a Disciplinary Committee comprising not more than five members of the Board, not being the members of the Board appointed under paragraph (a), to conduct a hearing of any misconduct or complaint referred to the Disciplinary Committee by the members of the Board appointed under paragraph (a).”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by substituting for the word “fifty” the words “one hundred”;
(ii)
by substituting for the words “two years” the words
“three years”; and
(iii)
by substituting for the words “or Graduate
Architect,” the words “, Graduate Architect or foreign architect”;
(c)
in subsection (3)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “, or (n) to (p)” the words “or paragraph (2)(p)”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “or Graduate
Architect” the words “, Graduate Architect or foreign architect”;
(d)
in subsection (4)—
(i)
by substituting for the word “member” the word
“members”; and
(ii)
in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words
“that member” the words “those members of the
Board”; and
(e)
in subsections (5) and (6), by substituting for the word
“member” the word “members”.
Amendment of section 16