New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ARCHITECTS ACT 2003 - SECT 10

10 Representing a corporation or firm to be an architect

(1) A corporation or firm must not represent itself to be an architect, and must not allow itself to be represented to be an architect, unless the corporation or firm has at least one nominated architect who is responsible for the provision of architectural services by the corporation or firm.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

(2) A person must not represent a corporation or firm to be an architect if the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that any such representation by the corporation or firm itself would constitute a contravention of subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units (in the case of an individual) or 200 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).

(3) In this Act, a corporation or firm that represents itself to be an architect or that allows itself to be represented to be an architect is referred to as an "architect corporation" or "architect firm" (as appropriate).