32Grounds for disciplinary action against a registered architect

32 Grounds for disciplinary action against a registered architect

If after considering the submissions made at an inquiry the Tribunal finds that—

S. 32(aa) inserted by No. 43/2024 s. 54.

(aa) the architect ceases to be a fit and proper person having regard to the probity matters set out in section 10A; or

(a) the architect is careless or incompetent in his or her practice; or

(b) the professional standards of the architect are demonstrably lower than the standards which a competent architect should meet; or

(c) the architect is guilty of unprofessional conduct; or

(d) the architect has breached or failed to comply with any provision of this Act; or

S. 32(da) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 111.

(da) the architect has breached or failed to comply with section 16(4) of the Building Act 1993; or

S. 32(db) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 111.

(db) the architect who is a builder named in a building permit has breached or failed to comply with section 16(4A) of the Building Act 1993; or

S. 32(dc) inserted by No. 3/2020 s. 8.

(dc) the architect has not completed the relevant prescribed continuing professional development requirements (if any); or

(e) the architect has been convicted in Victoria of an indictable offence or has elsewhere been convicted of an offence which if committed in Victoria, would be an indictable offence; or

(f) the registration of the architect has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation or concealment of facts—

the Tribunal may make one or more of the following determinations—

(g) to caution the architect;

(h) to reprimand the architect;

(i) to require the architect to undertake further education of a kind, and to complete it within a period, stated in the determination;

(j) to impose a condition or limitation on the architect's registration relating to the architect's practice;

(k) to impose a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units;

(l) to suspend the architect's registration for the period stated in the determination;

(m) to cancel the architect's registration—

and may make any determination as to costs that it thinks fit.