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(1)For the purposes of this Act there shall be established an Architects’ Registration Council of the United Kingdom (in this Act referred to as “the Council”) which shall be a body corporate by that name, with perpetual succession and a common seal . . . F1
(2)The provisions contained in the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the constitution and proceedings of the Council. The seal of the Council shall be authenticated in manner prescribed by the Council, and any document purporting to be sealed with the seal so authenticated shall be receivable as evidence of the particulars stated in that document.
(3)It shall be the duty of the Council . . . F2to . . . F2maintain a register to be called “the Register of [F3Architects]” and to cause to be entered therein the name and address of every person entitled to be registered under this Act, and to cause to be removed therefrom—
(a)the names of all registered persons who have made application to the Council in the prescribed manner, requesting the Council to remove their names from the Register; and
(b)the names of all registered persons who shall have died and any names or particulars inaccurately entered in the Register;
and from time to time to cause to be made any necessary alterations therein.
(4)The Council shall . . . F4annually . . . F4 publish and offer for sale at the prescribed price copies of the Register, setting forth the names of the registered persons in alphabetical order according to their surnames, with their respective regular business addresses, and a copy of the Register certified by order of the Council or by any officer of the Council duly authorised in that behalf, to be a correct copy, shall be prima facie evidence that any person named therein is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided always that in the case of a person whose name does not appear on such copy, a certificate under the hand of any officer of the Council, duly authorised in that behalf, of the entry of the name of such person in the Register, shall be prima facie evidence that such person is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Such certificate shall remain the property of the Council and be surrendered by the holder to the Council upon publication of the name in or upon removal of the name from the Register.
If the holder refuses so to surrender such certificate to the council on demand, he shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding [F5level 2 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II and Mortmain (Repeals) Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (c. 20), s. 1(2)
F2Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt. VII
F3Word substituted by Architects Registration Act 1938 (c. 54), s. 1(3)
F4Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt. VII
F5Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 31 and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46, (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289C, 289G and (N.I.) S.I. 1984/703 (N.I.3), arts. 5, 6
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