sec.159Existing registrations

sec.159 Existing registrations

This section applies to an individual who, immediately before the commencement, was an architect under the repealed Act. On the commencement, the individual is taken to be an architect under this Act. Despite section 15, the registration remains in force, unless it is sooner cancelled, until the later of the following days— 31 December first happening after the commencement; the day that is 3 months after the commencement. However, if the individual pays the registration fee to the board before the day on which the registration would have ended under subsection (3), the registration remains in force until the last day of the financial year in which the registration would otherwise have ended under the subsection. In this section— registration fee means the registration fee prescribed under section 8(2)(b)(iii) for registration for not more than 6 months. s 159 amd 2010 No. 18 s 41 (sec.159-ssec.1) This section applies to an individual who, immediately before the commencement, was an architect under the repealed Act. (sec.159-ssec.2) On the commencement, the individual is taken to be an architect under this Act. (sec.159-ssec.3) Despite section 15, the registration remains in force, unless it is sooner cancelled, until the later of the following days— 31 December first happening after the commencement; the day that is 3 months after the commencement. (sec.159-ssec.4) However, if the individual pays the registration fee to the board before the day on which the registration would have ended under subsection (3), the registration remains in force until the last day of the financial year in which the registration would otherwise have ended under the subsection. (sec.159-ssec.5) In this section— registration fee means the registration fee prescribed under section 8(2)(b)(iii) for registration for not more than 6 months.

• (a) 31 December first happening after the commencement;
• (b) the day that is 3 months after the commencement.