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Architects Registration Board

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1933, were available for inspection by members of the public at the British Architectural Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London. Latterly, some hiatus on the part of the Board in producing printed copies of the Register in accordance with the legislation and the Board's previous practice has impeded the continuation of the series for retention (on the part of the British Architectural Library or others) as annual volumes for reference. The current website offers only a downloadable pdf format.
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giving judgment in this appeal Lord Chief Justice Goddard had mentioned a letter which had been sent in 1937 by "the president of the council" to the Institute of Chartered Surveyors recognising the fact that there was nothing in a Bill, which the council was then promoting (and which subsequently became the Architects Registration Act, 1938), to interfere with the activities of registered architects.
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By the 1970s that issue had had its day, to be replaced by another which has resulted in the current legislation: the Architects Act 1997 as amended. The issue which emerged in the 1970s developed into the obligation imposed on the United Kingdom and other European governments to comply with European
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The legislation requires there to be a Professional Conduct Committee of the Board (whose remuneration or expenses are decided and paid by the Board as the corporate body). The function of this Committee is to hear and determine allegations against registered persons which have been formally reported
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In connection with the protection of title and the enforcement provisions, the originating and later legislation imposed on the registration body (now the ARB) a requirement to provide copies of the Register annually. Formerly, hard bound copies of all volumes in the annual series, from volume 1 for
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The Act states explicitly that failure to comply with the provisions of the code of professional conduct issued by the Board shall not be taken of itself to constitute unacceptable professional conduct. The Act also provides for the publication of a statement exonerating an architect against whom an
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For other more limited purposes and for commercial and similar purposes names of persons currently registered can be searched online at a website maintained by the registration body. The information held on this version of the Register could help members of the public, who wish to find an architect
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In 2022, the ARB proposed radical changes to how architects were trained including scrapping the existing Parts 1 to 3 and switching to a more flexible, ‘outcomes-based’ system. The ARB said its changes "will open up the profession to a wider pool of talent, offering those who might have previously
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ruled: "It is not of itself disgraceful to disagree with a majority view and to act accordingly. It is only if a man has bound himself in honour to accept that view and to act according to the code that a deliberate breach of the code for his own profit can be called disgraceful". In the course of
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shows that the decisive issue at that time was the importance attached to giving to architects the responsibility of superintending or supervising the building works of local authorities (for housing and other projects), rather than to persons professionally qualified only as municipal or other
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A registrar, who may be an employee of the board or its contractor, is appointed for the purpose of admitting persons to the register or placing them on the list of visiting EU architects and, in some instances, causing matters concerning conduct and competence to be investigated.
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The primary meaning of "discipline" traditionally refers to education, with the meaning of a branch of knowledge (as: "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of ...).
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in 1957 concerning a pure breach of the Code of Professional Conduct under the legislation then in force (the architect was practising an estate agent's business as well as his own), when the registration body was constituted under the name the
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Union Directives concerning the designation of "competent authorities" in connection with the mutual recognition of professional qualifications in favour of equal standards across borders, in furtherance of the single market policy.
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In the Architects Act 1997 (as amended) education is referred to in Part II which is headed "Registration etc.", not in Part III which is headed "Discipline". References in Part II are:
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Divisional Court, R. v. Architects' Registration Tribunal, ex p. Jagger, 2 All E.R. 151, both mentioned in "The law relating to the architect" by E. J. Rimmer, Stevens 1952.
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of the United Kingdom any sum paid under a penalty order which its Professional Conduct Committee has made under Part III of the Act (in conduct cases). Fines imposed by a
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or referred to it in accordance with the Architects Act 1997 (as amended) and the Rules which the Board is authorised to make.
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show that from the 1890s the motivations for promoting and opposing a registration act had been mixed. But the content of the
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As the UK "competent authority" for the purpose of Article 46 of the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications
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2 Q.B. 550, cited in Hudson's Building and Engineering Contracts, 11th ed., para 2.015, and 12th ed., para 2.007.
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From January 2019 all board members (five architects and six non-architects) are appointed by the Privy Council.
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allegation of unacceptable professional conduct or serious professional incompetence has not been sustained.
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In Part III of the Architects Act 1997 "Discipline" is being used in one of the secondary meanings, such as:
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to meet their needs, to locate a practitioner who has registered status and is conveniently situated.
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punish to gain control or enforce obedience: "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently";
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engineers. A significant indicator for this inference is in section 1 (1) of the 1938 act.
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the act of punishing: "The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
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been excluded a new range of routes to qualification and professional practice".
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement
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The Royal Institute of British Architects: a guide to its archive and history
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The decisive issues concerning the legislation for the Register of Architects
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth
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Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Statutory corporations of the United Kingdom government
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Architecture organisations based in the United Kingdom
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Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
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Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Report, HMSO 1944, reprint 1952, and a ruling of the
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originating act of 1931 as amended by the act of 1938
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About Architects Registration in the United Kingdom
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Architects Act 1997
amended
consolidating Act
Architects (Registration) Act 1931
21 & 22 Geo. 5
Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
Register of Architects
Consolidated Fund
magistrates' court
Directive 2005/36/EC
divisional court
Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom
Mr Justice Devlin
British Architectural Library
originating act of 1931 as amended by the act of 1938
Architects Registration in the United Kingdom
Reform of Architects Registration
European professional qualification directives
ARB website
"Ditching Parts 1, 2 and 3 has 'overwhelming support' says ARB"


Discipline : definition
section 15 (5)
Architects' Registration Council
"British Architectural Library"
the original
administrative archive of RIBA at V&A
Simon

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