10Administer building contracts impartially and diligently

10 Administer building contracts impartially and diligently

(1) For the purposes of this clause, an architect administers a building contract for a client if—

(a) the contract concerns the construction of a building and is entered into by the client with a building practitioner; and

(b) the architect has been engaged by the client to inspect or administer the provision of services under the contract.

(2) If an architect is administering a building contract for a client, the architect must—

(a) act with fairness and impartiality in administering the building contract; and

(b) discharge the architect's obligations in connection with the administration of the building contract diligently and promptly; and

(c) provide the client and the building practitioner with relevant information about the administration of the building contract in a timely manner.

11 Maintain confidentiality

(1) An architect must not disclose a client's confidential information without authority.

(2) For the purposes of this clause, a client's confidential information means any information, agreed or understood by the architect and the client to be confidential, that is acquired from or provided to a client in the course of providing architectural services to the client.

(3) An architect may disclose a client's confidential information if—

(a) the client consents in writing to the disclosure; or

(b) the disclosure is required by law.

12 Manage conflicts of interest

(1) An architect must not enter into an agreement with a person for the provision of architectural services if the agreement would result in an actual or potential conflict between the interests of—

(a) the architect and that person; or

(b) a current client of the architect and that person.

(2) An architect member or director of an approved partnership or an approved company must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the partnership or company does not enter into an agreement with a person to provide architectural services if the agreement would result in an actual or potential conflict between the interests of—

(a) a member of the approved partnership and that person; or

(b) an officer of the approved company and that person; or

(c) a current client of the approved partnership or approved company and that person.

(3) An architect must not continue to provide architectural services to a client that result in a conflict between the interests of—

(a) the architect and that client; or