Article 4 Amendment of Architects Act 1997

(1)

Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act is amended as follows.

(2)

For paragraph 13 substitute—

“13.

The Professional Conduct Committee is to consist of—

(a)
at least three persons who are legally qualified;

(b)
at least three persons registered in Part 1 of the Register of whom at least one must be a person whose address in the Register is in Scotland; and

(c)
at least three persons who are not legally qualified and are not registered in Part 1 of the Register.”.

(3)

In paragraph 15—

(a)

for sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) substitute—

“(1)
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the quorum of the Professional Conduct Committee is —

(a)
one member appointed under paragraph 13(a);

(b)
one member appointed under paragraph 13(b); and

(c)
one member appointed under paragraph 13(c).”; and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (2), omit “In addition,”.

(4)

After paragraph 17 insert—

“17A.

In paragraph 13 the reference to a person who is legally qualified means—

(a)
a person who for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007^f1 is an authorised person in relation to an activity that constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act);

(b)
a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland; or

(c)
a solicitor or advocate in Scotland.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2007 c. 29. Section 18 was amended by S.I. 2009/3250.