SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 The Board and its committees
Part I The Board
F3Membership
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The Board is to consist of eleven members—
a
a person appointed to be chair of the Board who is not F9a registered person;
b
five other persons F10who are not registered persons, and
c
five F11registered persons.
2
The members are to be appointed by the Privy Council after consultation with the Secretary of State and such other persons or bodies as the Privy Council thinks fit.
3
Rules made by the Board may make provision for the temporary appointment of a person to act as a member of the Board in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
Elected members
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Appointed members
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Term of office
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1
2
A member may resign at any time by notice in writing addressed to the Registrar.
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The Board may prescribe grounds (such as repeated absence from meetings or unacceptable professional conduct) on which any member may be removed from office and the procedure for removal.
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1
A person who has been a member of the Board may be appointed for one or more further periods (whether consecutive or not).
2
The length of any further period is to be determined by the Privy Council after consultation with the Secretary of State and such other persons or bodies as the Privy Council thinks fit, but any further term must not extend a person’s period of membership beyond eight years (whether consecutive or not).
3
A person who has been removed from the Board under rules made under paragraph 4(3) may not be appointed to the Board for a further term.
4
A person who has been a member of the Board may not be appointed to the Professional Conduct Committee.
Casual vacancies
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F2Chair
Word in Act substituted (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), art. 2 (with art. 7)
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1
Rules made by the Board may make provision for the appointment of a person to act as chair of the Board for any period when there is no person appointed under paragraph 1 or in such other circumstances as may be prescribed.
2
No person who is F12a registered person is eligible for appointment under this paragraph.
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In the event of a tie in any vote of the Board the F2chair shall have an additional casting vote.
Procedure
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The quorum of the Board is—
a
the chair of the Board;
b
three members appointed under paragraph 1(1)(b), and
c
three members appointed under paragraph 1(1)(c).
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The Board may make rules governing its meetings and procedure.
Staff
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The Board may appoint staff.
2
The Board shall determine the period for which, and the terms on which, its staff are appointed.
3
Staff appointed by the Board shall have the duties which the Board directs.
4
The Board may, in addition to paying salaries to its staff, pay pensions to or in respect of them, or make contributions to the payment of such pensions, and pay them allowances, expenses and gratuities.
Seal
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The Board shall have a common seal which shall be authenticated in the prescribed manner; and any document purporting to be sealed with the seal authenticated in that manner shall be receivable as evidence of the particulars stated in it.
Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 1-3 (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(2) (with art. 7)