13Determination of application

13 Determination of application

[Section 13 Substituted by No. 59 of 1970, s. 5 ][Section 13 Subsection (1) amended by No. 87 of 1984, s. 4 ][Section 13 Subsection (2) added by No. 28 of 1974, s. 2 ][Section 13 Substituted by No. 32 of 2020, s. 10, Applied:01 Nov 2023]

(1)  The Board, on receiving an application made by a person under section 12 , may register, or refuse to register, the person as an architect.

(2)  The Board must register as an architect a person who has made an application under section 12 if the Board is satisfied that –

(a) the person is professionally competent under subsection (5) or (6) to be registered as an architect; and

(b) the person is a fit and proper person to be registered as an architect; and

(c) the registration of the person is not suspended under section 20E(1)(g) ; and

(d) an order made under section 20E(1)(h) that is in force does not prevent the registration of the person at the relevant time; and

(e) the person has the sufficient level of professional indemnity insurance, if any, that the person is required by section 16(1) to have.

(3)  Despite subsection (2) , the Board may refuse to register a person as an architect if the Board is satisfied that the registration of the person as an architect under a law of another State or a Territory has been cancelled (or, in effect, cancelled) on grounds on which the registration of the person under this Act could be cancelled under section 20E .

(4)  The Board must refuse to register as an architect a person who has made an application under section 12 if the Board may not register the person under subsection (2) .

(5)  A person is professionally competent to be registered as an architect if –