- Enforced by
- ARB
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 5 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 1 carries different penalties and 3 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person2
Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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104 duties
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92 duties
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92 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1
The Architects Registration Board
0 of 3 sections shown3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001
Designation of the Board as competent authority
s.001
Authorisation for Board to enter into regulator recognition agreements
Part 2
Registration etc.
2 of 17 sections shown
s.003
The Register. (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- ARB must maintain and publish the Register of Architects annuallyStatutory regulator
s.007
Penalty for obtaining registrationor recognition by false representation. (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Obtain architectural registration by false representationAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
15 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.005
Registration in Part 2 of
the Register
: Directive-rights nationals providing services
s.005
Titles to be used by persons registered in Part 2 of
the Register
s.005
Information to be given to recipients of the service
s.005
Administrative co-operation with other relevant European States
s.005
Complaints by recipients of services
s.006
Issuing of certificates of architectural education
Part 3
Discipline
1 of 7 sections shown
s.013
Code of practice. (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- ARB must issue and maintain a code of professional conductStatutory regulator
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 4
Use of title “architect”
1 of 2 sections shown
s.021
Offence. (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Use 'architect' title when not registeredAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 5
General and supplementary
0 of 11 sections shown11 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.021
Appeals to the Appeals Committee
s.022
Professional-regulation information
s.022
Confidentiality
s.024
Fees
Schedules
Schedules
1 of 56 shown
s.sch001a
Registrar’s duty to notify person appearing not to have entitlement
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Registrar must notify people who appear ineligible for registrationStatutory regulator
55 other schedules
s.sch001
(1) The Board is to consist of eleven members—
s.sch001
The Board may make rules governing its meetings and procedure....
s.sch001
(1) The Board may appoint staff. (2) The Board shall...
s.sch001
The Board shall have a common seal which shall be...
s.sch001
The Professional Conduct Committee is to consist of—
s.sch001
(1) The members of the Professional Conduct Committee shall elect...
s.sch001
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the quorum of the Professional...
s.sch001
In the event of a tie in any vote of...
s.sch001
The Board may make rules governing the selection and term...
s.sch001
In paragraph 13 the reference to a person who is...
s.sch001
(1) The Board may make rules about—
s.sch001
(1) The Board may establish such committees as it considers...
s.sch001
(1) . . . . . . . . ....
s.sch001
. . . . . . . . . ....
s.sch001
No vote of any committee established by the Board for...
s.sch001
The Board may make rules governing the term of office...
s.sch001
(1) The Board, the Professional Conduct Committee , the Appeals...
s.sch001
The Board may by rules provide for the payment to...
s.sch001
(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the...
s.sch001
. . . . . . . . . ....
s.sch001
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and paragraph 5,...
s.sch001
(1) A person who has been a member of the...
s.sch001
(1) Where a vacancy occurs among the members of the...
s.sch001
(1) Rules made by the Board may make provision for...
s.sch001
In the event of a tie in any vote of...
s.sch001
The quorum of the Board is— (a) the chair of...
s.sch001a
Application and interpretation
s.sch001a
(1) In this Schedule— (a) “visiting practitioner” means a person...
s.sch001a
Entitlement to be registered in respect of provision of occasional services: first year
s.sch001a
Registration in respect of provision of occasional services after first year
s.sch001a
Duration of entitlements to be registered in Part 2 of
the Register
s.sch001a
Deemed registration where person entitled to be registered is not registered
s.sch001a
Registrar’s power to remove person’s name from Part 2 of
the Register
s.sch001a
Saving for other powers to de-register or suspend registration
s.sch002
The substitution of this Act for the provisions repealed or...
s.sch002
The reference to the Board in section 10(1)(b) shall be...
s.sch002
If— (a) before Part III of the 1996 Act came...
s.sch002
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), sections 14 to 18 have...
s.sch002
(1) If a person’s name was removed from the Register...
s.sch002
If— (a) a person’s name was removed from the Register,...
s.sch002
Section 12(7)(c) shall have effect as if it included a...
s.sch002
The repeal by this Act of Schedule 2 to the...
s.sch002
(1) This paragraph applies if when this Act comes into...
s.sch002
A person to whom the assets of the Fund are...
s.sch002
(1) In this Schedule— (a) “the 1931 Act” means the...
s.sch002
Anything done, or having effect as if done, (including the...
s.sch002
Any reference (express or implied) in this Act or any...
s.sch002
(1) Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment, or...
s.sch002
Paragraphs 1 to 4 have effect in place of section...
s.sch002
The term of office of the members of the Board...
s.sch002
If— (a) a person duly applied for registration under the...
s.sch002
Examinations in architecture which immediately before the day on which...
s.sch002
The reference in subsection (3) of section 8 to a...
s.sch003
Notes:
s.sch003
The following abbreviations are used in the Table— 1931 =...
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