Queensland Consolidated Acts

ARCHITECTS ACT 2002 - SECT 130

130 Orders relating to architect

(1) If the tribunal decides that a disciplinary ground is established, the tribunal may—

(a) make 1 or more of the orders mentioned in subsections (2) to (4) ; or

(b) take no action against the architect.

(2) The tribunal may order the architect to pay a stated amount of not more than the equivalent of 200 penalty units.

(3) Also, the tribunal may make an order—

(a) reprimanding the architect; or

(b) cancelling the architect’s registration; or

(c) disqualifying, indefinitely or for a stated period, the architect from obtaining registration as an architect.

(4) An order for payment of an amount under subsection (2) may direct that, if the architect does not pay the amount within the period stated in the order, the architect’s registration be suspended until the amount is paid.

(5) If the architect does not pay the amount within the stated period, the registration is suspended until the earlier of the following—

(a) the day the amount is paid;

(b) the day the registration expires.

(6) The suspension takes effect immediately after the end of the stated period.