Section 34
Section 27e of the principal Act is amended—
of Architects (Amendment) Act 2015
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) An Interior Designer shall not, unless registered with the Board as a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a body corporate and has been issued a certificate of registration—
(a)
recover in any court any fee, charge, remuneration or other form of consideration for interior design consultancy services rendered as an interior design consultancy practice; and
Architects (Amendment)
(b)
provide interior design consultancy services for interior works involving any but without prejudice to the generality of the following:
(i)
consultation, advice, direction, evaluation, budgetary estimate and appraisal;
(ii)
schematic interior design plans, design development and project programming;
(iii)
preparation of contract documents including working drawings, construction details and technical specifications;
(iv)
contract administration, supervision and certification of payment and progress of works; and
(v)
any other activities relating to the creation, preservation and enhancement of the interior environment including the following:
(a)
any changes on the building structure;
(b)
any changes to an existing building layout;
(c)
building or statutory codes;
and
(d)
health and safety issues.”;
(b)
in subparagraph (3)(c)(i), by deleting the words “and/”;
and
(c)
in subsection (5)—
(i)
in paragraph (bb), by substituting for the words
“twenty-five” the word “fifty”; and
(ii)
in paragraph (cc), by substituting for the words
“two years” the words “three years”.
Amendment of section 27f