Architects Act 2004

The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for giving effect to this Act.

Without limiting subsection (1) regulations may be made for all or any of the following purposes —

providing for the nomination of persons for election and for the election of members of the Board under section 7(1)(c);

regulating the meetings and proceedings of, and the conduct of business by, the Board or a committee;

making provisions relating to registration and renewal of registration and licensing, including —

applications for registration, licences and renewals; and

the obtaining of the Board’s preliminary advice or directions in relation to a proposed application and for the recovery of the Board’s costs in relation to providing that advice or giving those directions;

maintaining the accuracy of the register;

regulating the issue, display and use of certificates of registration and licence documents;

making provisions relating to obtaining the Board’s consent to a name, other than the name of a person or corporation as recorded in the register, under which a person or corporation can carry on the practice of architecture;

prescribing the courses of study and training, including practical experience, to be undertaken, and the examinations to be passed, by persons desiring to be registered, and determining the qualifications to be held by persons desiring to be registered under this Act;

providing for the Board to conduct examinations of applicants for registration or renewal of registration and for related matters including the appointment of examiners and their remuneration;

prescribing the advice or information to be given to the Board, and the manner and time in which advice or information is to be given to the Board;

prescribing the fees to be paid for the purposes of this Act and the persons liable for payment.

Without limiting the application of the Interpretation Act 1984 section 43, regulations made under this Act may adopt wholly or partly any standards, rules, code, or other provisions published by some other body and may adopt them —

with or without any amendment or modification;

as in force at the time of adoption or as amended from time to time.

Regulations made under this Act may provide for a penalty for contravention of the regulation or a provision of the regulation not exceeding a fine of $5 000, in the case of an individual, or $10 000 in any other case.