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LAWS OF FIJI
CHAPTER 258
ARCHITECTS
Ordinances
Nos. 45 of 1959, 7 of 1966, 23 of
1969,
Acts Nos. 33 of 1974, 8 of
1977.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR
THE REGISTRATION OF ARCHITECTS IN FIJI
(18th December, 1959
Short title
1. This Act may
be cited as the Architects Act.
Interpretation
2. In this Act,
unless the context otherwise requires-
"Board" means the Architects Registration Board established under the provisions of this Act;
"Council" means the Architects Registration Council of the United Kingdom established under the provisions of the Architects (Registration) Act 1931;
"register" means the Register of Architects required to be kept under the provisions of this Act;
"Registrar" means the person who from time to time holds or acts in the post of Government Architect.
(Amended by 7 of 1966, s. 34.)
Establishment of Architects Registration Board
3.-(1) For the
purposes of this Act, there shall be established an Architects Registration
Board consisting of the Registrar who shall
be Chairman and two architects
appointed by the Minister.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the
Board may regulate its own procedure and may frame rules for that
purpose.
(3) The Board shall cause proper records of its proceedings to
be kept.
Application for registration
4.-(1) Where any
person desires to be registered under this Act, he shall apply in writing to the
Registrar submitting such evidence
as may satisfy the Board that he is entitled
to be registered.
(2) Upon receipt of an application made under the
provisions of this section, the Registrar shall convene a meeting of the Board
who
may approve or refuse such application, or request the applicant to re-apply
and provide such information as the Board may reasonably
require:
Provided that in the event of any such application being
refused, the Registrar shall serve upon the applicant a notification of such
refusal.
(Proviso inserted by 23 of 1969,
s. 2.)
Duties of Registrar
5.-(1) The
Registrar shall keep a register in the form contained in the Schedule called
"the Register of Architects" in which shall
be registered the names of all
persons approved by the Board.
(2) The Registrar in the month of January
each year shall publish in the Gazette a list of the names of persons registered
in the
register.
Persons entitled to registration
6. Subject to the
provisions of this Act any person is entitled to be registered in the register
who is either-
(a) registered or possesses qualifications which would entitle him to be registered in the Register of Architects maintained by the Council; or
(b) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time:
Provided that no person shall be
entitled to registration under this section unless he satisfies the Board that
he possesses adequate
knowledge and experience of the systems of building and
the practice of architecture in
Fiji.
(Proviso inserted by 8 of 1977, s.
2.)
Removal of name from register
7.-(1) If any
person who has been duly registered under the provisions of this Act
shall-
(a) be convicted of any felony or misdemeanour;
(b) be guilty of any act or conduct which in the opinion of the Board is infamous in any professional respect;
(c) be guilty of a breach of the code of professional conduct referred to in section 14;
(d) be disentitled to practise architecture in the United Kingdom or in any other country in which he was granted a recognized architectural qualification;
(e) cease to practice in Fiji or be absent from Fiji for a continuous period of at least three years,
the Board may after due inquiry order
that the name of such person be removed from the register in which case the
Registrar shall
serve upon such person a notification of such
removal.
(Amended by 23 of 1969, s.
2.)
(2) A person whose name has been removed from the register may
apply for re-instatement and the Board, upon receipt of satisfactory
evidence of
proper reasons for his re-instatement, may approve such re-instatement.
Alterations to register
8. The Registrar
shall from time to time make any necessary alterations to the register,
including the erasure of the name of any deceased
person.
Appeals against decisions of the Board
9. Any person
aggrieved-
(a) by the refusal of the Board to approve his application for registration; or
(b) by the removal of his name from the register; or
(c) by the refusal of the Board to approve re-instatement of his name in the register,
may, within three months of such
refusal or removal, as the case may be, appeal to the Supreme Court.
Unregistered persons not to use title of architect
10.-(1) No person
shall be entitled to take or use the name or title of architect (either alone or
in combination with any other word
or words) or any name, title, addition or
description implying that he is registered under this Act, or that he is a
person specially
qualified to practise architecture unless he is registered
under this Act.
(2) Any person, not being registered under this Act who
takes or uses any such name, title, addition or description as aforesaid,
whether expressed in word or by letters, or partly in words and partly in
letters, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction to a
fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(3) The provisions of this
section shall not apply to the use of the designation "Naval Architects" or
"Golf Course Architects".
(Amended by 23
of 1969, s. 5.)
Penalty for obtaining registration by false pretences
11. Every person
who wilfully procures or attempts to procure himself to be registered under this
Act by making or producing or causing
to be made or produced any false or
fraudulent representation or declaration either verbally or in writing, shall be
guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or
to imprisonment for twelve months.
Evidence of registration
12.-(1) The list
of names of persons registered in the register published in the Gazette under
the provisions of subsection (2) of section
5 shall be evidence in all cases before
any court (until the contrary be made to appear) that the persons named in such
list are registered
under this Act, and the absence of the name of any person
from such copy shall be evidence (until the contrary be made to appear)
that
such person is not registered under this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsection (1), a certified copy under the hand of the Registrar
of the entry of the name of
a person in the register shall be evidence that such
person is registered under this Act, and a certificate under the hand of the
Registrar that a person is not registered in the register or has been removed
from the register shall be evidence of such non-registration
or removal as the
case may be.
Fees
13. Any person
registered under the provisions of this Act, other than an architect employed in
the public service, shall pay a fee of
fifty dollars a year due and payable on
or by the date of registration or re-instatement, as the case may be, and upon
each anniversary
of such date during the currency of such registration to the
Registrar, who shall pay such fee into the Consolidated
Fund.
(Amended by 8 of 1977, s.
2.)
Code of professional conduct
14. The Board may
prepare and issue to all persons registered under the provisions of this Act a
code of professional conduct comprising
such directions as the Board may
consider appropriate for the guidance of and observance by all registered
Architects.
(Inserted by 23 of 1969, s.
6.)
SCHEDULE
(Section 5)
FORM OF ARCHITECT'S REGISTER
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