# The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 36: Attestations of competence


(1) The Board must permit access to or pursuit of the profession of architect to a qualifying applicant under the same conditions as apply to a UK applicant, where the qualifying applicant—
(a) possesses the attestation of competence or evidence of formal qualifications required by Switzerland, in order to gain access to and pursue that same profession in Switzerland, or
(b) has pursued that same profession on a full time basis for one year or for an equivalent overall duration on a part-time basis during the previous ten years in a relevant European State which does not regulate that profession, provided that the applicant possesses one or more attestations of competence or documents providing evidence of formal qualifications issued by that other State which does not regulate that profession.
(2) Attestations of competence or evidence of formal qualifications must satisfy the following conditions—
(a) they must have been issued by a competent authority of a relevant European State;
(b) where paragraph (1)(b) applies, they must also attest that the applicant has been prepared for the pursuit of the profession in question.
(3) The Board must not require the one year of professional experience referred to in paragraph (1)(b) if the evidence of formal qualifications which the applicant possesses certifies regulated education and training.
(4) For an attestation issued under regulation 27 of the 2015 Regulations for a qualifying applicant—
(a) the Board must accept the level attested under regulation 27 by a competent authority in Switzerland as well as the certificate by which a competent authority in Switzerland certifies that regulated education and training or vocational training with a special structure referred to in regulation 27(c)(ii) is equivalent to the level provided for in regulation 27(c)(i); and
(b) the Board may refuse access to and pursuit of the profession of architect where access to that profession is contingent in the United Kingdom on possession of a qualification set out in regulation 27(e) of the 2015 Regulations and where the applicant possesses an attestation of competence classified under regulation 27(a) of those Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/717/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-36
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