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These Regulations may be cited as the Architects Regulations 2025.
These Regulations may be cited as the Architects Regulations 2025.
These Regulations commence on the day after the day on which they are made.
In these Regulations:
registration year, in relation to an architect,
means:
the 12 month period commencing on the day the architect is registered under section 14(1)(a) of the Act; and
each subsequent 12 month period, commencing on the anniversary of the day mentioned in paragraph (a), during which the architect is registered.
Part 2 Prescribed matters
For sections 12(4)(b), 15(4)(c) and 20B(5) of the Act, the fee for an application of a type specified in Schedule 1 is the fee specified opposite in Schedule 1.
For section 4A(1)(b) of the Act, a prescribed insurance policy must be:
professional indemnity insurance; and
for a minimum amount of $1 000 000.
(1) For section 17(4) of the Act, the following classes of registered architect are exempt from the prescribed insurance policy requirements:
(a) an architect who is employed by a Commonwealth, State or Territory government;
an architect who:
(i) is not practising as an architect in Australia or providing architectural services in Australia; and
(ii) has notified the Board, in the approved form, that the architect is not practising as an architect in Australia or providing architectural services in Australia.
Examples for subregulation (1)(b)
An architect who is retired, practising overseas, on parental leave, unemployed or employed outside of the architectural sector.
(2) The exemption under subregulation (1)(a) only applies in relation to work done by the architect in the course of the architect's duties as an employee of the government.
(3) An architect ceases to be exempt under subregulation (1)(b) if the architect recommences the practise of architecture in Australia or the provision of architectural services in Australia.
For section 18(1) of the Act, the continuing professional development requirements set out in Schedule 2 are prescribed.
For section 18(2) of the Act, an architect who does not practise as an architect in Australia or provide architectural services in
Australia for an entire registration year is exempt from the continuing professional development requirements in relation to that registration year.
Examples for subregulation (1)
An architect who is retired, practising overseas, on parental leave, unemployed or employed outside the architectural sector.
An architect who is exempt under subregulation (1) must, at the end of each registration year in relation to which the architect is exempt under that subregulation, notify the Board, in the approved form, that the architect did not practise as an architect in
Australia or provide architectural services in Australia during that registration year.
For section 20(h) of the Act, the following conduct is prescribed:
conduct that contravenes or fails to comply with any code of professional conduct that is applicable to the architect;
conduct that renders the architect ineligible for registration as an architect under section 13 of the Act.
Part 3 Repeals
The Regulations specified in Schedule 3 are repealed.
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