Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) If an individual applies for registration, the architects board must register, or refuse to register, the individual.
(2) The architects board must refuse to register the individual as an architect if—
(a) the board is not satisfied that the applicant is eligible to be registered; or
(b) the individual is disqualified from applying for registration.
Note An individual may be disqualified from applying for registration under s 46 (1) (g) or (h).
(3) The architects board may refuse to register the individual if, because of a relevant circumstance in relation to the individual, the board is satisfied that the public interest will or might be endangered if the individual is allowed to practice architecture in the ACT.
(4) Each of the following is a relevant circumstance in relation to an individual:
(a) the individual is bankrupt, is applying to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, is compounding with creditors or making an assignment of remuneration for the benefit of creditors;
(b) the individual has been convicted or found guilty of an offence against this Act;
(c) the individual has been convicted or found guilty of an offence against a Commonwealth, Territory or State law punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or longer;
(d) the individual's registration (however described) under the corresponding law of a local jurisdiction has been cancelled or suspended because of an act or omission of the individual that would, if the individual were registered in the ACT and the act or omission had happened here, have allowed the individual's registration to be cancelled or suspended.
Note Corresponding law —see dict.
(5) To remove any doubt, the architects board may only register an individual.
(6) Registration may be conditional.