Regulation 2 FeesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Board^f1 may charge a fee in respect of the following services—

(a)

prescribing a qualification under section 4(1)(a) of the Act;

(b)

providing any document or information about a person whose name is entered on the Register^f2;

(c)

preparing or arranging any test prescribed under section 4(1A) of the Act.

F1(2)

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(3)

The Board may prescribe different fees for different cases.

(4)

The amount of a fee charged under paragraph (1) must not exceed the reasonable costs of providing the service, taking one year with another.

F2(4A)

The body that has applied for a qualification to be prescribed under section 4(1)(a) of the Act is liable to pay the fee that the Board may charge under paragraph (1)(a).

(4B)

The person requesting a document or information about a person whose name is entered on the Register is liable to pay the fee that the Board may charge under paragraph (1)(b).

(4C)

The person intending to sit the test prescribed under section 4(1A) of the Act is liable to pay the fee that the Board may charge under paragraph (1)(c).

(4D)

Subject to paragraph (4E), in each calendar year the Board must publish specified information about any fee it charged under this regulation in the preceding calendar year.

(4E)

The first calendar year in which the Board must comply with the requirement in paragraph (4D) is 2025.

(4F)

In paragraph (4D) “specified information” means an explanation of how the fee was calculated including—

(a)

a description, including the amount, of any cost covered by the fee, and

(b)

an explanation of how the fee complies with the requirement at paragraph (4).

(4G)

A fee charged under this regulation may be paid by any means except cash or cheque.

(5)

In this regulation “the Act” means the Architects Act 1997.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 2(2) omitted (10.11.2024) by virtue of The Architects (Fees, Electronic Communications and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1017), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
F2: Reg. 2(4A)-(4G) inserted (10.11.2024) by The Architects (Fees, Electronic Communications and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1017), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in force at 31.1.2023, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: The Board is the Architects Registration Board, see section 25 of the Architects Act 1997 (“the Act”).
f2: The Register is the register of architects provided for by section 3 of the Act, see section 25 of the Act.