South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts13—Functions of Board
(1) The functions of
the Board are as follows:
(a) to
oversee the practice of architecture by registered architects and
registered architectural businesses in the public interest;
(b) to
approve, after consultation with authorities considered appropriate by the
Board, courses of education or training that provide qualifications for
registration on the register of architects;
(c) to
determine, after consultation with authorities considered appropriate by the
Board, the requirements necessary for registration on the
register of architects;
(d) to
establish and maintain the registers contemplated by this Act;
(e) to
prepare or endorse, subject to the approval of the Minister, codes of conduct
or professional standards for registered architects or codes of conduct for
registered architectural businesses;
(f) to
prepare or endorse guidelines on continuing architectural education for
registered architects;
(g) to
take such measures as the Board considers appropriate to promote education in
architecture, to assist students in architecture or to further knowledge of
architecture among the public;
(h) to
establish administrative processes for handling complaints received against
registered architects and registered architectural businesses (which may
include processes under which a person voluntarily enters into an
undertaking);
(i)
to provide advice to the Minister as the Board considers
appropriate;
(j) to
carry out other functions assigned to the Board by or under this Act, or by
the Minister.
(2) The Board must
perform its functions under this Act with a view to achieving and maintaining
high professional standards both of competence and conduct by
registered architects and registered architectural businesses.
(3) If—
(a) a
code of conduct or professional standard prepared or endorsed by the Board is
approved by the Minister; or
(b)
guidelines are prepared or endorsed by the Board,
the Board must—
(c)
cause a copy of the code, standard or guidelines to be published in the
Gazette; and
(d) take
reasonable steps to send a copy of the code, standard or guidelines to each
registered architect and each registered architectural business to whom it
applies; and
(e)
ensure that a copy of the code, standard or guidelines is published on the
Internet and kept available for public inspection without charge during normal
office hours at the principal office of the Board,
(although proof of compliance with paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) is not
necessary for the purposes of any proceedings that involve an alleged
contravention of or failure to comply with a code of conduct or professional
standard).
(4) The administrative
processes established by the Board for handling complaints received against
registered architects and registered architectural businesses must be
designed—
(a) to
be fair to both the aggrieved person and the respondent; and
(b) to
keep both the aggrieved person and the respondent properly informed about the
steps taken by the Board in response to the complaint; and
(c) to
provide, where appropriate, opportunities for the clarification of any
misapprehension or misunderstanding between the aggrieved person and the
respondent; and
(d) to
keep both the aggrieved person and the respondent properly informed about the
outcome of the processes; and
(e) to
take into account the needs of particular classes of persons who may otherwise
suffer disadvantage in the conduct of those processes.