20EDetermination of complaint

20E Determination of complaint

[Section 20E Inserted by No. 32 of 2020, s. 13, Applied:01 Nov 2023]

(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.

(2)  Without limiting the grounds on which an order suspending the registration of an architect may be made under subsection (1)(g) , the registration of a person as an architect may be suspended if –

(a) the registration of the person as an architect under a law of another State or a Territory has been suspended or cancelled on grounds on which the registration of the person under this Act could be suspended or cancelled; or

(b) the person has engaged in professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct; or

(c) the person has failed to comply with any condition imposed on his or her registration.

(3)  The Board may only make an order under subsection (1)(h) cancelling the registration of an architect if –