New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ARCHITECTS REGULATION 2017 - REG 5

5 Particulars to be recorded in Register

(1) For the purposes of section 25 (5) (a) of the Act, the following particulars are to be recorded in the Register in respect of each architect--

(a) the registration number of the architect,

(b) the business address of the architect or, if the architect has no business address or if the architect so requests, the residential address of the architect,

(c) the email address of the architect,

(d) whether the architect is a practising architect or a non-practising architect,

(e) whether or not the architect has submitted any forms that the architect is required by the Registrar to submit,

(f) if the architect is or has been a nominated architect--

(i) the name of each corporation or firm for which the architect is or has been a nominated architect, and

(ii) the total number of corporations or firms for which the architect is currently a nominated architect, and

(iii) the commencement date and end date (if any) for each period during which the architect is or was a nominated architect for the corporation or firm concerned,

(g) such other particulars that--

(i) the Registrar considers relevant, and

(ii) the architect consents to being included.

Note : Section 25 (1) of the Act requires the Registrar to establish and maintain a register of architects (the
"Register" ) for the purposes of the Act, and for the purposes of Part 3 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 , as applied by section 22 of the Act. Section 49 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 requires the following particulars, which are additional to the particulars set out above, to be recorded in the Register--

(a) the name of the registered person,

(b) the kind of registration it is, whether by reference to the relevant provision of the Act or otherwise,

(c) the authority conferred by registration and (in the case of registration that is subject to discretionary conditions) a statement to that effect,

(d) the date on which registration comes into force and (in the case of fixed-term registration) the date on which registration expires.

(2) The Registrar may record that an architect is a non-practising architect for the purposes of subclause (1) (d) only if the Registrar is satisfied that--

(a) the architect has retired from the practice of architecture, or

(b) the architect is not likely to practise as an architect for the foreseeable future.

(3) If an architect is recorded in the Register as being a non-practising architect, the Registrar may not alter the Register to record that the architect is a practising architect for the purposes of subclause (1) (d) unless the architect has demonstrated to the Board's satisfaction that the architect's architectural skills and knowledge are current.

(4) The Registrar may publish all or part of the particulars recorded in the Register on the Board's website.

(5) Despite subclause (4), an architect may make a request in writing to the Registrar that specified particulars relating to the architect not be published on the Board's website and the Registrar may, at the Registrar's discretion, comply with all or part of the architect's request.