Terms used
4 Terms used
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
architect insurance means insurance that —
is in effect in respect of civil liability for anything done or omitted in carrying on the practice of architecture; and
complies with the requirements prescribed by the regulations;
Board means the Architects Board of Western Australia established under section 5;
certificate of registration means a certificate of registration issued under section 38;
committee means a committee of the Board appointed under Schedule 1 clause 16;
condition includes restriction;
corporation means —
a company as defined in the Corporations Act; or
any other body corporate, or body corporate of a kind, prescribed by the regulations;
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
disciplinary action means action that can be the subject of an order under section 57(2);
firm means an unincorporated body of persons, whether consisting of natural persons or corporations or partly of natural persons and partly of corporations;
licence means a licence granted under Part 4;
licence document means a licence document issued under section 39;
licensed means licensed under Part 4;
officer, in relation to a body corporate, has the meaning given to “officer of a corporation” in the Corporations Act but does not include an employee of the body corporate unless the employee is concerned in the management of the body corporate;
public company has the meaning given to that term in the Corporations Act;
register means the register referred to in section 43;
registered means registered under Part 4;
registrar means the person appointed to be registrar under section 17;
regulations means regulations made under section 71;
restricted word means —
“architect”, “architects”, “architectural” or “architecture”; or
any abbreviation or derivative of a word in paragraph (a); or
any other word or combination of letters that sounds or looks like a word in paragraph (a).
Notes in this Act are provided to assist understanding and do not form part of the Act.
[Section 4 amended: No. 7 of 2022 s. 8.]
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