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(1)The Architects Act 1997 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 3 (the register), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)The Register shall show disciplinary orders made in relation to a registered person for such period as may be prescribed.”
(3)In section 9 (competence to practise)—
(a)in subsection (1), in the words after paragraph (c), after “practical experience” insert “or undertaken such recent training”,
(b)after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)Before prescribing recent practical experience or training for the purposes of subsection (1), the 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.”, and
(c)after subsection (2) insert—
“(3)Where the Board decides that the name of a person to whom paragraph (b) of subsection (1) applies is by virtue of that subsection to be removed from Part 1 of the Register—
(a)the person shall be entitled to apply to the Board within a prescribed period for an extension of time to gain the prescribed experience or undertake the prescribed training or to otherwise satisfy the Board of the person’s competence to practise, and
(b)the Board shall not remove the name of the person from the Register unless—
(i)the person has not made an application for an extension of time within the prescribed period,
(ii)an extension of time granted by the Board has expired and the Board is not satisfied that the person has gained the prescribed experience or undertaken the prescribed training or is otherwise competent to practise, or
(iii)the Board has decided not to grant an extension of time in respect of an application made by the person.
(4)For the purposes of this section, a person is competent to practise if the person has the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours required for a person to practise as an architect.”
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