(1)  The Board may, after completing an investigation of a complaint in relation to an architect, determine the complaint by making any one or more of the following orders:

(a) an order dismissing the complaint;

(b) an order administering a caution or reprimand to the architect;

(c) an order requiring the architect to complete a course of training specified by the Board;

(d) an order adding a condition to the registration of the architect, or adding to, or altering, the conditions of registration of the architect;

(e) an order requiring the architect to ensure the rectification of work, carried out by the architect, that is defective;

(f) an order requiring the architect to pay the reasonable costs of the Board related to carrying out the investigation of the complaint;

(g) an order suspending the registration of the architect for a period not exceeding the unexpired period of registration or until the architect complies with another order made under this subsection in relation to the architect;

(h) subject to subsection (3) , an order cancelling the registration of the architect.

(2)  Without limiting the grounds on which an order suspending the registration of an architect may be made under subsection (1)(g) , the registration of a person as an architect may be suspended if –

(a) the registration of the person as an architect under a law of another State or a Territory has been suspended or cancelled on grounds on which the registration of the person under this Act could be suspended or cancelled; or

(b) the person has engaged in professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct; or

(c) the person has failed to comply with any condition imposed on his or her registration.

(3)  The Board may only make an order under subsection (1)(h) cancelling the registration of an architect if –

(a) the grounds on which he or she was taken to be professionally competent to be registered as an architect under section 13(5) no longer exist or never existed; or

(b) the architect has failed to comply with a summons issued to the architect under section 22 ; or

(c) the architect is convicted in Tasmania of an indictable offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more, or is convicted elsewhere than in Tasmania of an indictable offence that, if committed in Tasmania, would be an offence so punishable; or

(d) the architect has been registered by means of any false or fraudulent representation or declaration made either orally or in writing; or

(e) the architect is a mentally incapacitated person; or

(f) the architect has failed to comply with a continuing professional development requirement; or

(g) the architect does not have a sufficient level of professional indemnity insurance, within the meaning of section 16 , that the architect is required to have; or

(h) the architect has engaged in unprofessional conduct; or

(i) the architect has failed to comply with an order made under subsection (1) .

(4)  If an order is made under subsection (1)(h) cancelling the registration of a person, the order must specify –

(a) that the person must not be registered under this Act during any period; or

(b) the period, of not more than 5 years, in which the person must not be registered under this Act.

(5)  The Board must, after determining a complaint under subsection (1) in relation to a person, give notice in writing of that determination, any orders contained in the determination, the findings of the Board, and the reasons for the determination, to –

(a) that person; and

(b) all other State, Territory and national registration authorities; and

(c) the Administrator, within the meaning of the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 ; and

(d) the complainant, unless the complainant is the Board.