Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ARCHITECTS ACT - SECT 3

The objects of this Act are:

        (a)     to establish the Northern Territory Architects Board;

        (b)     to provide consumer protection and enhance the welfare, amenity and physical environment of communities in the Territory by ensuring properly qualified and competent persons offer and provide services as architects;

        (c)     to provide for the registration of architects, architectural partnerships and architectural companies;

        (d)     to establish and maintain a register of registered architects;

        (e)     to regulate the professional conduct of registered architects, including by providing for the making and determining of complaints and for the holding of inquiries relating to registered architects; and

        (f)     to regulate the use of the words "architect", architecture and architectural .