(1)Subsection (2) applies to a person (“P”) if—
(a) P is entitled to be registered in Part 2 of the Register , and
(b) P’s professional title falls to be recorded in that Part of the Register in accordance with section 5B(3).
(2)Before P provides any services as an architect in the United Kingdom to another person, P shall give to that person the following information in writing—
(a)if P is registered in a commercial register or similar public register, the register in which he is registered, his registration number, or equivalent means of identification contained in that register;
(b)if the activity is subject to authorisation in the relevant European State in which P is established, the name and address of the competent supervisory authority;
(c)any professional association or similar body with which P is registered;
(d)P’s professional title or, where no such title exists, P’s formal qualification and the State in which it was awarded;
(e) if P performs an activity which is subject to VAT , the VAT identification number referred to in Article 22(1) of the sixth Council Directive 77/388/ EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes – Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment; and
(f)details of any insurance cover or other means of personal or collective protection with regard to professional liability which P has.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 5A-5E inserted (20.6.2008) by Architects (Recognition of European Qualifications etc and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1331), regs. 1, 8(1)