{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-registration-act-1931-repealed-2171997/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-registration-act-1931-repealed-2171997/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/21-22/33",
  "legislation_title": "Architects (Registration) Act 1931 (Repealed 21.7.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-registration-act-1931-repealed-2171997",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Entitlement to registration.",
  "text": "(1) A person who has applied to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for registration in pursuance of this section is entitled to be registered if—\n(a) he holds such qualifications and has gained such practical experience as may be prescribed; or\n(b) he has a standard of competence which, in the opinion of the Board, is equivalent to that demonstrated by satisfying paragraph (a).\n(2) The Board may require a person who applies for registration on the ground that he satisfies subsection (1)(b) to pass a prescribed examination in architecture.\n(3) Before prescribing—\n(a) qualifications or practical experience for the purposes of subsection (1)(a); or\n(b) any examination for the purposes of subsection (2),\nthe Board shall consult the bodies representative of architects which are incorporated by royal charter and such other professional and educational bodies as it thinks appropriate.\n(4) The Board may require—\n(a) an applicant for registration in pursuance of this section; and\n(b) a candidate for any examination under subsection (2),\nto pay a fee of a prescribed amount.\n(5) The Board may by rules prescribe the information and evidence to be furnished to the Registrar in connection with an application for registration in pursuance of this section.\n(6) Where a person has duly applied for registration in pursuance of this section—\n(a) if the Registrar is satisfied that the person is entitled to be registered, he shall enter his name in the Register; but\n(b) if the Registrar is not so satisfied, he shall refer the application to the Board.\n(7) The Registrar shall not consider an application for registration in pursuance of this section in any case in which it is inappropriate for him to do so (for instance because he is in any way connected with the applicant) but in such a case he shall refer the application to the Board.\n(8) Where a person’s application is referred to the Board under subsection (6) or (7), the Board shall direct the Registrar to enter the person’s name in the Register if the Board is satisfied that the person is entitled to be registered.\n(9) The Registrar shall serve on an applicant for registration in pursuance of this section written notice of the decision on his application—\n(a) where the application is made on the ground that he satisfies subsection (1)(a), within three months of his application being duly made; and\n(b) where the application is made on the ground that he satisfies subsection (1)(b), within six months of his application being duly made.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6 substituted (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 53, s. 120(2); S.I. 1996/2842, art.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6(1)(a) extended (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 53, s. 125, Sch. 2 Pt. III para.23; S.I. 1996/2842, art.4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/21-22/33/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:25.824220+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."
}