{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997-amendments-etc-order-2014/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/4",
  "legislation_title": "The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997-amendments-etc-order-2014",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional Provisions",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to a person (“P”) who is a member of the Board when this Order comes into force.\n(2) If P holds office as the result of an election under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Architects Act 1997 or an appointment under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule, P’s term of office is four years, subject to paragraphs (4) to (6).\n(3) If P holds office as the result of an appointment under paragraph 6(1) of that Schedule, P holds office until the end of the period of four years beginning with the appointment of the member whose vacancy P filled.\n(4) Paragraph (5) applies if—\n(a) paragraph (2) applies to P in the course of a second consecutive term of office; or\n(b) P is elected under paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule or appointed under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule for a term of office consecutive to that in which paragraph 3 applied to P.\n(5) During the second term of office, that term may be extended by recommendation by the Secretary of State so that P serves as a member for a total continuous period of 8 years.\n(6) An extension under paragraph (5) requires the approval in writing of—\n(a) the Board in the case of a member elected for that second term under paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule; or\n(b) the Privy Council, in the case of a member appointed for that second term under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 10.2.2014, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/4/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:30:10.116776+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}