Introductory text

United Kingdom

Architects

Made 20th December 2022

Laid before Parliament 21st December 2022

Coming into force 31st January 2023

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations—

(a)

in exercise of the powers conferred by section 24A of and paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the Architects Act 1997^f1;

(b)

as the appropriate Minister in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 and section 9(6) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000^f2; and

(c)

in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(3) of and paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020^f3^f4.

In accordance with paragraph 24(1) of Schedule 1 to the Architects Act 1997 the Secretary of State has consulted the Architects Registration Board and other such persons and bodies as the Secretary of State thought fit.

In accordance with section 8(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, the Secretary of State considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communication^f5 by these Regulations is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1997 c. 22. Section 24A was inserted by section 159 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 20).
f2: 2000 c. 7. See section 9(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 for the meaning of “the appropriate minister”.
f3: 2020 c. 1.
f4: See section 12(4) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 for the meaning of “professional qualification provisions” and section 12(8) for the meaning of “appropriate authority”.
f5: See section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 for the meaning of “electronic communication”.