South Australia
Architects Act 1939
An Act to provide for the registration of architects, to regulate the practice of architecture, and for purposes incidental thereto.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
3 Interpretation
Part 2—Architects Board
4 The Architects Board
6 Membership of board
7 Term of office
8 Time and mode of elections and appointments
9 Chairman
10 Casual vacancies
11 Quorum and majority decision
12 Registrar and officers of the board
13 Power to acquire land
14 Borrowing powers
15 Powers with respect to property
16 Proceedings of board not invalid by vacancies and defects
17 Meetings of board
Part 3—Registration
Division 1—Register of Architects
18 The Register of Architects
19 Publication of register
20 Manner in which register is to be kept
21 Alterations in register
22 Additional qualifications
23 De-registration
24 Re-registration
25 Certificate of registration
26 Memorandum of suspension
27 Delivery of certificate on de-registration
Division 2—Registration
28 Offences
29 Application for registration
30 Registration fee
32 Qualifications for registration
32A Registration of company as architect
33 Consideration of applications
34 Appeals
Part 4—Professional misconduct and board's proceedings
Division 1—Professional misconduct
35 Professional misconduct
36 Charges of professional misconduct
37 Notice of charge
38 Punishment for professional misconduct
39 Effect of orders
Division 2—Appeals
40 Appeals against decisions of board
Division 3—Board's powers
41 Power of board to summon witnesses and take evidence
Part 5—Miscellaneous
42 General meetings of architects
43 By-laws
44 Annual subscriptions
45 Penalty for falsifying register, or making false statements etc
45A Returns by companies
45B Companies not to practise in partnership
45C Criminal liability of directors
45D Joint and several liability
45E Alteration to memorandum or articles of association
46 Power of board as to education
47 Annual balance-sheet and audit
47A Annual report
47B Immunity from liability
Legislative history
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Architects Act 1939.
3—Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires or some other meaning is clearly intended—
company means a company registered under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
registered architect means a person registered under this Act as an architect;
the board means the Architects Board of South Australia constituted under this Act;
the register means the Register of Architects kept under this Act;
the registrar means the registrar of the board.
Part 2—Architects Board
4—The Architects Board
(1)There shall be established a board to be called "The Architects Board of South Australia".
(2)The board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall have power to purchase, take, hold and dispose of land and other property for the purposes of this Act, and may sue and be sued by the name of The Architects Board of South Australia.
(3)The board shall consist of nine members appointed or elected in accordance with this Act.
(4)The board shall be deemed to be established on the day when notice of the appointment of…