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Architects (Amendment) Ordinance 1988
No. 58 of 1988
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910. 
Dated 31 August 1988.
	N. M. STEPHEN
	Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
GARY PUNCH
Minister of State for the Arts 
and Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Architects Ordinance 1959
Short title
1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Architects (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.1
Principal Ordinance
2.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Architects Ordinance 1959.2

Persons entitled to apply for registration
3.  Section 16 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:
“(1)  A person is entitled to apply to the Board for registration as an architect if the person has attained the age of 18 years and—
	(a)	he or she holds a certificate issued by The Architects’ Accreditation Council of Australia Incorporated, being a body incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Ordinance 1953;
	(b)	he or she is entitled under a law of a State or another Territory to practise as an architect in that State or other Territory; or
	(c)	he or she—
	(i)	holds a degree or diploma in architecture granted by an institution, whether within or outside Australia, approved by the Board;
	(ii)	has completed 2 years’ practical experience in architecture of which at least 1 year’s experience is postgraduate experience; and
	(iii)	has successfully completed an examination in the practice of architecture approved by the Board.
“(1A)  An application shall—
	(a)	be in accordance with a form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be lodged with the Board.”.
Insertion
4.  After section 16 of the Principal Ordinance the following section is inserted:
Board may authorise registration
“16A.  Subject to subsection 16 (2), where a person has made application to the Board in accordance with subsection 16 (1A), the Board shall authorise the registration of the person if satisfied that the person—
	(a)	is entitled to apply for registration as an architect; and
	(b)	is a fit and proper person to be registered.”.
Cancellation of registration
5.  Section 22 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting paragraph (1) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
	“(b)	whose degree or diploma is withdrawn by the body which granted it;”.
Savings
6.  Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4, subsection 16 (1) of the Principal Ordinance continues to apply in relation to a person whose application for registration as an architect was received by the Board before the commencement of this Ordinance.

NOTES
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 September 1988.
2.	No. 3, 1959 as amended by No. 19, 1966; Nos. 36 and 37, 1967; Nos. 9 and 19, 1970; No. 21, 1971; No. 5, 1973; Nos. 2, 45 and 47, 1974; Nos. 44 and 61, 1976; Nos. 7, 11 and 46, 1978; No. 66, 1982; No. 33, 1983.