Architects Regulations 2026

For the purposes of section 9(2) of the Act, an application for registration as an architect—

must be in writing; and

must specify the class of registration sought; and

if applicable, must include the information referred to in regulation 17(b); and

must include the required insurance information; and

if known to the applicant, must include the information referred to in regulation 17(a)(ii); and

may include additional personal contact information not for publication in the Register.

Subject to subregulation (3), the prescribed fee for an application for registration as a practising architect is 35 fee units.

In the case of an application for registration as a practising architect by an architect who has been registered as a non-practising architect for 2 or more years immediately before the date of the application—

the Board may ask the architect to provide evidence of the architect's standard of professional practice; and

the prescribed fee is 8 fee units.