The Profession Flashcards
What is the difference between the AIA and the board?
AIA – professional body that serves the interests of the architectural profession, and aims to promote architecture to the community.
Registration Board – protects the interests of the community by ensuring architects provide architectural services in a professional and competent manner. This is through the registration of architects and informs the public of the qualifications and competence required to practice as an architect, while
promoting architecture to the community.
What are the powers of each body in the event of a claim for misconduct being upheld?
AIA – revocation of membership.
Registration board:
- (1) The Board may, after completing an investigation of a complaint in relation to an architect, determine the complaint by making any one or more of the following orders:
(a) an order dismissing the complaint;
(b) an order administering a caution or reprimand to the architect;
(c) an order requiring the architect to complete a course of training specified by the Board;
(d) an order adding a condition to the registration of the architect, or adding to, or altering, the conditions of registration of the architect;
(e) an order requiring the architect to ensure the rectification of work, carried out by the architect, that is defective;
(f) an order requiring the architect to pay the reasonable costs of the Board related to carrying out the investigation of the complaint;
(g) an order suspending the registration of the architect for a period not exceeding the unexpired period of registration or until the architect complies with another order made under this subsection in relation to the architect;
(h) subject to subsection (3) , an order cancelling the registration of the architect.
- Suspension of registration
- Cancellation of registration
What legislation controls the way Architects provide their professional services?
Architects Act 1929
Architects Professional Code of Conduct
Name a number of non‐architectural professional associations you will come in contact with as an architect.
Tasmanian Planning comission
Local councils
Heritage Tasmania
Master Builders
Cbos
HIA
What information can be obtained from these associations?
- Local councils: Information for planning developments, queries in relation a particular lot
- Heritage Tasmania: to check if properties are listed as heritage - approvals, certificates
- Master builders: Access to acts and codes, find builders
- Cbos: Department of justice - consumer protection
- HIA: Housing industry
How does Australian Consumer Law control the behaviour of Architects?
Australian Consumer Law which forms a part of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, governs the relationships between businesses and between businesses and consumers. ACL contains a number of implied guarantees benefiting the consumer, and in particular, a guarantee that goods or services provided are reasonably fit for the intended purpose.
However, the guarantee that services will be fit for a purpose does not apply to professional services provided by a qualified architect or engineer.
What is the Code of Conduct? What does it cover?
The code provides architects and their clients with a statement of the standards required of architects when engaged to provide architectural services. These standards differ to the standards defined in the Australian Institute of Architects Code of Professional Conduct.
It covers: Provision of architectural services generally; Disclosures of conflicts of interest; Provision of information to clients and prospective clients; Client Agreements; Building contracts; deposits and retainers; record keeping; professional indemnity insurance; professional development; representations concerning work; dealing with the public.
What are the Architects Regulations? What do they cover?
Regulations are delegated legislation, usually made by a Minister under the (Architects) Act to clarify or expand on particular aspects of regulation.
The most common day-to-day use of the Regulation is via the NSW Architects Code of Professional Conduct. The Code is given legal effect by being a part of the Regulation.
