Architects Act 1929

In this Act –

architect means – a person who is registered as an architect in accordance with Part IV; and a person who is entitled to hold deemed registration as an architect;

architect or architecture does not include naval architect or naval architecture or landscape architect or landscape architecture;

Board means the Board of Architects of Tasmania established by this Act;

complainant means a person who has made a complaint;

complaint means a complaint, made under section 20A, that has not been withdrawn;

continuing professional development requirement means a continuing professional development requirement determined by the Board under section 20G;

deemed registration means an entitlement to automatic deemed registration, within the meaning of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth;

Institute means the Tasmanian Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects or any other institute which may hereafter be substituted therefor;

member means member of the Board;

professional misconduct, in relation to a person, means – substantial or persistent unprofessional conduct by the person; or conduct of the person, whether or not occurring in connection with the practice of architecture, that would justify concluding that the person is not a fit and proper person to be an architect;

register means the register of architects kept by the Registrar in accordance with Part III;

Registrar means the Registrar appointed under section 7;

unprofessional conduct, in relation to a person, means conduct by the person, in the course of the practice of architecture by the person, that falls short of the standard of competence and diligence that a member of the public is entitled to expect of a reasonably competent person engaging in the practice of architecture.