28Annual registration fees

#### 28 Annual registration fees 28 Annual registration fees > > (1) An architect must, on or before 31 March in the year in which the architect’s registration is due to be renewed, pay to the Board the approved fee for the registration. > > > (2) The Board must cause an architect’s name to be removed from the Register if the architect has failed to pay the approved fee for annual registration by the due date. > > > (2A) An application for the restoration of registration must be made— > > > > > (a) within 3 months of the expiry of the registration, or > > > > > (b) within the further period determined by the Board on the application of the person seeking the restoration of registration. > > > (2B) Without limiting subsection (2A) (b), the Board may extend the period within which an application for restoration of a licence may be made if the Board is satisfied that— > > > > > (a) in a case where the applicant failed to apply for renewal before the licence expired-the failure to apply for renewal of the registration before it expired was due to inadvertence, or > > > > > (b) it is just and equitable to restore the registration. > > > (2C) An application for the restoration of registration must nominate a term of duration for the registration. > > > (3) A person whose name has been removed from the Register for failure to pay the approved fee for annual registration is entitled to re-registration if the person pays to the Board any unpaid annual registration fee or fees together with any approved fee for late payment. > > > (4) The entitlement to re-registration is an entitlement to registration on the same terms and subject to the same conditions (if any) as applied to the person’s registration immediately before the removal of the person’s name from the Register. > > > (5) A person registered pursuant to an entitlement to re-registration under this section is taken to have been so registered on and from the day the person’s name was removed from the Register or on and from such later day as the Board determines and notifies to the person. However, nothing in this subsection affects any proceedings for an offence instituted against the person before the person was entitled to be re-registered. > > > (6) Nothing in this section requires the Board to re-register a person if the Board is satisfied that the person would not be entitled to be registered as an architect but for this section. > > > (7) An entitlement to re-registration under this section does not override any other provision of this Act pursuant to which a person’s name is authorised or required to be removed from the Register. > > > (7A) The Board may refuse an application for the restoration of registration in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations. > > > (8) The regulations may exclude or modify the provisions of this section in their application to temporary registration. > > **s 28:** Am 2018 No 65, Sch 2.1\[7\]–\[9\].