20Application for registration

20 Application for registration

(1)  An application under section 12(1) of the Act is to be –

(a) in the approved form; and

(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(2)  In determining under section 13(2)(b) of the Act whether a person is a fit and proper person to be registered as an architect, the Board is to take into account the following matters:

(a) whether the person has previously had a registration, or a licence, as an architect refused, suspended or cancelled in Tasmania or another State or a Territory;

(b) whether, in the case of a natural person –

(i) the person is an undischarged bankrupt; and

(ii) if the person has made a composition or arrangement with creditors, the debts to which the composition or arrangement relates have been paid in full or the terms of the composition or arrangement have been fulfilled;

(c) whether, in the case of a partnership or a trust –

(i) the partnership or trust is in liquidation; and

(ii) a member of the partnership, or a trustee of the trust, is an undischarged bankrupt; and

(iii) if the partnership or trust has made a composition or arrangement with creditors, the debts to which the composition or arrangement relates have been paid in full or the terms of the composition or arrangement have been fulfilled;

(d) whether, in the case of a company –

(i) the company is in receivership or liquidation; and

(ii) the company has taken proceedings for voluntary winding-up, except for the purposes of re-organisation; and

(iii) the company has a winding-up order made in respect of it by the Supreme Court.

(3)  The Board may require an applicant to –