Act in accordance with the law
2 Act in accordance with the law
An architect must comply with all applicable Victorian and Commonwealth laws.
An architect must withdraw from carrying out work as an architect if the architect reasonably believes that in carrying out that work, the architect may contravene the Act, the Regulations or this Code.
A person or body must not—
represent a person as an architect unless that person is registered as an architect under the Act; or
represent an unincorporated body as an architect unless that unincorporated body is an approved partnership under the Act; or
represent a body corporate to be an architect unless that body corporate is an approved company under the Act; or
carry out work as an architect unless covered by the required insurance; or
represent themselves as covered by the required insurance or allow themselves to be represented as being covered by the required insurance if they are not covered by the required insurance.
An architect member or director of an approved partnership or approved company must—
be responsible for the carrying out of architectural services by the approved partnership or approved company; and
ensure architectural services are carried out by or under the supervision of a person who is registered as an architect under the Act; and
take all reasonable steps to ensure that the approved partnership or approved company complies with an obligation imposed on an architect under clauses 2(2) and (3), 4(3), 5(1), 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of this Code as if that obligation were imposed on the approved partnership or approved company.
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