Section 7
Section 6 of the principal Act is amended—
of Architects (Amendment) Act 2015
(a)
in subsection (1), by substituting for the word “Register”
the words “Registers specified in paragraph 4(1)(a)”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by deleting the words “at least one”;
(ii)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of subparagraph
(b)
;
(iii)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of subparagraph
(c)
; and
(iv)
by inserting after paragraph (d) the following paragraphs:
“(e) an interior design consultancy practice whose registration has been—
(i)
by an order of the Disciplinary
Committee cancelled under section 34a or paragraph 27e(5)(dd);
or
(ii)
reinstated under section 27i or subsection 27e(8);
(f)
an Inspector of Works whose registration has been—
(i)
by an order of the Disciplinary
Committee cancelled under section 34a or paragraph 27p(2)(d);
or
(ii)
reinstated under section 27r; and
(g)
an Architectural Technologist whose registration has been—
(i)
by an order of the Disciplinary
Committee cancelled under section 34a or paragraph 27y(2)(d); or
(ii)
reinstated under section 27za.”;
(c)
by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3) In any proceedings, a certificate of registration issued by the Board shall be conclusive proof that the person, sole proprietorship, partnership or body corporate named in the certificate of registration—
(a)
in the case of the person, the person is an
Architect, a Graduate Architect, a foreign architect, a Building Draughtsman, an Inspector of Works, an Architectural Technologist, an
Interior Designer, or a Graduate Interior
Designer;
(b)
in the case of the sole proprietorship, the sole proprietor is an Architect, an Interior Designer, an architectural consultancy practice rendering architectural consultancy services, or an interior design consultancy practice rendering interior design consultancy services;
(c)
in the case of the partnership—
(i)
the partners are Architects or Interior
Designers; or
(ii)
it is an architectural consultancy practice rendering architectural consultancy services, or an interior design consultancy practice rendering interior design consultancy services;
and
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(d)
in the case of the body corporate, it—
(i)
has a board of directors comprising persons who are Architects or Interior
Designers;
(ii)
is an architectural consultancy practice rendering architectural consultancy services, or an interior design consultancy practice rendering interior design consultancy services; or
(iii)
has shares held by members of the board of directors mentioned in subparagraph (i) solely or with—
(a)
any other persons who are
Architects or Interior Designers;
or
(b)
an architectural consultancy practice rendering architectural consultancy services, or an interior design consultancy practice rendering interior design consultancy services.”;
and
(d)
in subsection (4), by substituting for the word “Register”
the words “Registers specified in paragraph 4(1)(a)”.
Amendment of section 7