Section 9
Section 7a of the principal Act is amended—
of Architects (Amendment) Act 2015
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) An Architect shall not, unless registered as a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a body corporate and has been issued with a certificate of registration—
(a)
be entitled to set up an architectural consultancy practice to render architectural consultancy services; and
(b)
recover in any court any fee, charge, remuneration or other form of consideration for architectural consultancy services rendered as an architectural consultancy practice.”;
(b)
in subsection (3)—
(i)
by substituting for paragraph (c) the following paragraph:
“(c) in the case of the body corporate—
(i)
it has a board of directors as may be prescribed by the Board;
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(ii)
it has shareholdings as may be prescribed by the Board;
(iii)
it has a minimum paid-up capital which shall be an amount as may be prescribed by the Board;
and
(iv)
the day-to-day affairs of the body corporate shall be under the control and management of a person who—
(a)
is an Architect; and
(b)
is authorized under a resolution of the board of directors of the body corporate to make all final architectural decisions on behalf of the body corporate in respect of the requirements under this
Act or any other law relating to the supply of architectural consultancy services by the body corporate.”;
(c)
in subsection (4), by inserting after the words “the change”
the words “and obtain the Board’s approval on the latest composition or type of architectural consultancy practice”;
(d)
in subsection (5)—
(i)
by inserting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
(ii)
by deleting paragraphs (b) and (c);
(iii)
in paragraph (d)—
(a)
in subparagraph (i), by substituting for the words “15a(2)(l)” the words “15a(2)(a) to
(l)
or (o) to (p)”; and
(b)
in subparagraph (ii), by deleting the words
“or paragraphs 15a(2)(a) to (k) or (o) to
(p)
,”; and
(iv)
in paragraph (bb), by substituting for the word
“fifty” the words “one hundred”;
(e)
in subsection (6)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “, (b) or
(c)
,”; and
(ii)
in paragraph (aa), by substituting for the words
“(5)(aa) to (ee)” the words “(5)(cc) or (dd), as the case may be”; and
(f)
by inserting after subsection (9) the following subsection:
“(10) This section shall not apply to an Architect who submits a plan for a building wholly owned by the Architect.”.
Amendment of section 7b