Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person, partnership or company, other than a registered architect, shall not take or use, either alone or in combination with any other words or letters, the title of "architect", architectural practitioner , "architectural consultant", architectural designer or a name, title, addition or description (including initials or letters placed after the name of the person, partnership or company) indicating or implying that the person, partnership or company is a registered architect or that the person, partnership or company carries on the practice of architecture.
Penalty: 10 penalty units and 0.5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues after the first day on which it is committed.
(2) If a natural person, partnership or company is not a registered architect but holds a qualification that is usually described or indicated by using the word architecture or architectural (whether alone or in combination with any other words or letters) in a name, title or description, the person, partnership or company may describe or indicate that qualification or competence by using the word architect or architectural in the name, title or description.
(3) The following are names, titles and descriptions that a person, partnership or company may use under subsection (2):
(a) architectural draftsman;
(b) golf-course architect;
(c) landscape architect;
(d) naval architect.
(4) Subsection (3) does not limit subsection (2).