South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears—
"Board" means the Architectural Practice Board of South Australia;
"District Court" means the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the
District Court;
"inspector" means a person authorised by the Board to exercise the powers of
an inspector under this Act;
"nominated contact address" of a person means an address nominated by the
person for the purpose of service of notices and documents under this Act;
"record" means—
(a) a
documentary record; or
(b) a
record made by an electronic, electromagnetic, photographic or optical
process; or
(c) any
other kind of record;
"register" means a register kept under this Act;
"registered architect" means a person registered on the
register of architects;
"registered architectural business" means a body corporate, or each of the
partners in a partnership, registered on the register of
architectural businesses;
"register of architects"—see section 24;
"register of architectural businesses"—see section 25;
"Registrar" means the person holding or acting in the office of Registrar of
the Board;
"repealed Act" means the Architects Act 1939 ;
"representative body" means a body that is declared by the regulations to be a
representative body for the purposes of this Act;
"unprofessional conduct" includes—
(a)
improper or unethical conduct in relation to professional practice; and
(b)
incompetence or negligence in relation to the provision of services as an
architect; and
(c) a
contravention of or failure to comply with—
(i)
a provision of this Act; or
(ii)
a code of conduct or professional standard prepared or
endorsed by the Board under this Act; and
(d)
conduct that constitutes an offence punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or
more under some other Act or law.
(2) A reference in
this Act to "unprofessional conduct" extends to—
(a)
unprofessional conduct committed before the commencement of this Act; and
(b)
unprofessional conduct committed within or outside South Australia or the
Commonwealth.
(3) A reference in
this Act to "engaging in conduct" includes a reference to failing or refusing
to engage in conduct.