25ATransitional provisions

25A Transitional provisions

[Section 25A Inserted by No. 32 of 2020, s. 16, Applied:01 Nov 2023]

(1)  In this section –

amending Act means the Architects Amendment Act 2020 ;

commencement day means the day on which section 14 of the amending Act commences.

(2)  A person who was, immediately before the commencement day, registered under this Act, is to be taken, on and from that day, to have had his or her registration renewed under this Act on that day.

(3)  If, before the commencement day, a person had paid the annual registration fee, referred to in section 11 as in force before that day, for a calendar year, the person is to be taken to have paid the annual registration fee under section 14 for that year.

(4)  A certificate of registration issued under this Act as in force immediately before the commencement day is to be taken to be a certificate of registration issued under this Act as in force after the commencement day.

(5)  Part IVA of this Act as inserted by the amending Act applies in relation to an architect as if the Part, as so inserted, applied before the commencement day.

(6)  If an application for registration made under this Act as in force before the commencement day has not been determined by the Board before that day, the application is to be taken to have been made under section 12 on the commencement day.

(7)  An order made under section 16 of this Act as in force before the commencement day is to be taken after the commencement day to be an order made under section 20E .

(8)  The Board may not refuse under section 15(5) to renew the registration of an architect within the 2-year period after the commencement day on the ground that the person has not, within that period, complied with section 15(4)(b) .

(9)  A complaint may be made in relation to an activity or behaviour of an architect whether the activity or behaviour occurred before or after the commencement day.