New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ARCHITECTS ACT 2003 - SECT 24

24 Removal of architect’s name from the Register

(1) The Board must remove an architect’s name from the Register if:

(a) the architect has died, or

(b) the architect has requested the Board in writing to remove his or her name from the Register, or

(c) the architect has failed to pay the approved fee for annual registration in accordance with section 28, or

(d) the Tribunal or the Supreme Court has ordered that the architect’s registration be cancelled.

(2) The Board may remove an architect’s name from the Register if:

(a) the architect does not possess the qualifications in respect of which he or she is registered, or

(b) the architect becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or

(c) the architect has been convicted of an offence under Part 2, or

(d) the architect is convicted in New South Wales of an indictable offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more, or if he or she is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an indictable offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable, or

(e) the architect has been registered by means of any false or fraudulent representation or declaration made either orally or in writing, or

(f) the architect has become a mentally incapacitated person.

(3) Action is not to be taken under subsection (2) unless the Board:

(a) has caused notice of the proposed action to be given to the architect, and

(b) has given the architect at least 28 days within which to make written submissions to the Board in relation to the proposed action, and

(c) has taken any such submissions into consideration.