{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/22",
  "legislation_title": "Architects Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Penalty for obtaining registrationor recognition by false representation.",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally—\n(a) becomes or attempts to become registered under this Act, or\n(b) does any of the things mentioned in subsection (1A) anywhere in or outside the United Kingdom.\n(1A) Those things are—\n(a) making to the Board or to the Registrar,\n(b) producing to the Board or to the Registrar,\n(c) causing to be made to the Board or to the Registrar, or\n(d) causing to be produced to the Board or to the Registrar\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(1A) substituted (20.6.2008) for s. 7(1) by Architects (Recognition of European Qualifications etc and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1331), regs. 1, 11(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 7 side-note inserted (20.6.2008) by Architects (Recognition of European Qualifications etc and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1331), regs. 1, 11(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/22/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:27:17.182057+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}