Architects Act 2003

In this Part—

complainant means a person who makes a complaint.

complaint means a complaint made under this Part.

disciplinary finding means a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.

professional misconduct means—

unsatisfactory professional conduct of a sufficiently serious nature to justify the suspension of an architect or the cancellation of an architect’s registration, or

any other conduct that is declared by the regulations to be professional misconduct for the purposes of this Act.

unsatisfactory professional conduct means any of the following—

any contravention by the architect of the conditions of the architect’s registration,

a failure by the architect to comply with a provision of any code of professional conduct established by the regulations and in effect under section 7,

any failure without reasonable excuse by the architect to comply with a direction, order or requirement of the Board, Tribunal or Supreme Court,

any failure without reasonable excuse by the architect to properly supervise the provision of architectural services by an architect corporation or architect firm while the architect is a nominated architect responsible for the provision of those services,

any failure by the architect to comply with the applicable requirements of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002,

any contravention by the architect of this Act or the regulations,

any conduct of the architect that demonstrates that the architect is not a fit and proper person to be registered as an architect,

any other conduct of the architect that demonstrates incompetence, or a lack of adequate knowledge, skill, judgment or care in the practice of architecture,

any other improper or unethical conduct of the architect in the course of the practice of architecture,

any conduct that is declared by the regulations to be unsatisfactory professional conduct for the purposes of this Act.