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F51A
The Board may require an applicant for registration in pursuance of this section to pay a fee of a prescribed amount.
1B
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.
2
The requirements referred to in subsection (1) are that the person holds-
a
a qualification which-
i
is mentioned in the Fourth or Fifth Schedules, or
ii
satisfies the requirements of Articles 3 and 4 of the Directive and is included in a list published from time to time in the Official Journal of the European Communities in accordance with Article 7 of the Directive;
b
a certificate issued by a competent authority of a member State, in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive, stating that he has been, no later than the date on which that member State implemented the Directive, authorised in that member State to use the title of architect and that he has pursued activities in the field of architecture effectively for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the issue of the certificate;
c
a certificate issued by a competent authority of a member State, in accordance with Article 5 of the Directive, stating that he is, by reason of his distinguished achievements in the field of architecture, entitled to use the title of architect.
3
A qualification mentioned in Part I of the Fourth Schedule, Part I of the Fifth Schedule, or which complies with subsection (2)(a)(ii), shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by a competent authority of a member State, in accordance with Article 23(2) of the Directive, stating that he has gained at least two years practical training experience in that member State under the supervision of a person established as an architect in that member State.
4
A qualification mentioned in Part II of the Fourth or Part II of the Fifth Schedule shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by a competent authority of the Federal Republic of Germany, in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Directive, stating that he has gained at least four years appropriate professional experience in the Federal Republic of Germany.
5
The course of study leading to a qualification mentioned in the Fifth Schedule shall, subject to any earlier date specified in that Schedule in respect of the award of any such qualification, have commenced not later than the beginning of the first academic year after 5th August 1987.
6
Where a person holds a certificate issued by a competent authority of the Federal Republic of Germany stating that a qualification awarded to that person by an institution in the German Democratic Republic after 8th May 1945 is of equivalent effect to a qualification listed in the Fourth or Fifth Schedule to this Act or complies with subsection (2)(a)(ii), that person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to hold a qualification which satisfies the requirements of this section.
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F6An application by a person for registration in pursuance of this section may be refused if there is a disqualifying decision in another member State in force in respect of that person.
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The F7Registrar shall serve on an applicant for registration in pursuance of this section written notice of the decision on his application within three months of his application being duly made.
9
If, in pursuance of Article 17(4) or 18(2) of the Directive, the F8Board consults a member State in respect of an application under this section, the period mentioned in subsection (8) shall be extended by such period as may elapse between initiating the consultation and the receipt by the F9Board of a final reply from that member State.
10
A person who is registered in accordance with this section shall, when using his academic title or any abbreviations of it, express such title or abbreviation in the language or one of the languages of the member State in which the body conferring the title is located and shall follow the title or any abbreviation of it with the name and location of the body conferring the title.