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Part IU.K. The Board
[F1MembershipU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 1-3 (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(2) (with art. 7)
1(1)The Board is to consist of eleven members—U.K.
(a)a person appointed to be chair of the Board who is not [F2a registered person];
(b)five other persons [F3who are not registered persons], and
(c)five [F4registered persons].
(2)The members are to be appointed by the Privy Council after consultation with the Secretary of State and such other persons or bodies as the Privy Council thinks fit.
(3)Rules made by the Board may make provision for the temporary appointment of a person to act as a member of the Board in such circumstances as may be prescribed.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/717), regs. 1(2), 20(2)(a) (with regs. 22-47) (as amended by S.I. 2019/810, regs. 1(3), 4 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/717), regs. 1(2), 20(2)(b) (with regs. 22-47) (as amended by S.I. 2019/810, regs. 1(3), 4 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/717), regs. 1(2), 20(2)(c) (with regs. 22-47) (as amended by S.I. 2019/810, regs. 1(3), 4 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Elected membersU.K.
F12U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 1-3 (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(2) (with art. 7)
Appointed membersU.K.
F13U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 1-3 (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(2) (with art. 7)
Term of officeU.K.
4(1)Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) [F5and paragraph 5], the term of office of a member of the Board is [F6four] years.U.K.
(2)A member may resign at any time by notice in writing addressed to the Registrar.
(3)The Board may prescribe grounds (such as repeated absence from meetings or unacceptable professional conduct) on which any member may be removed from office and the procedure for removal.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1) inserted (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(3) (with art. 7)
F6Word in Sch. 1 para. 4(1) substituted (10.2.2014) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/4), arts. 1(1), 2(b)(i)
[F75(1)A person who has been a member of the Board may be appointed for one or more further periods (whether consecutive or not).U.K.
(2)The length of any further period is to be determined by the Privy Council after consultation with the Secretary of State and such other persons or bodies as the Privy Council thinks fit, but any further term must not extend a person’s period of membership beyond eight years (whether consecutive or not).
(3)A person who has been removed from the Board under rules made under paragraph 4(3) may not be appointed to the Board for a further term.
(4)A person who has been a member of the Board may not be appointed to the Professional Conduct Committee.]
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 1 para. 5 substituted (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(4) (with art. 7)
Casual vacanciesU.K.
F86U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F8Sch. 1 para. 6 omitted (7.1.2019) by virtue of The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(5) (with art. 7)
[F9Chair] U.K.
Textual Amendments
F9Word in Act substituted (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), art. 2 (with art. 7)
[F107(1)Rules made by the Board may make provision for the appointment of a person to act as chair of the Board for any period when there is no person appointed under paragraph 1 or in such other circumstances as may be prescribed.U.K.
(2)No person who is [F11a registered person] is eligible for appointment under this paragraph.]
Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(6) (with art. 7)
F11Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/717), regs. 1(2), 20(3) (with regs. 22-47) (as amended by S.I. 2019/810, regs. 1(3), 4 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
8U.K.In the event of a tie in any vote of the Board the [F9chair] shall have an additional casting vote.
ProcedureU.K.
[F129U.K.The quorum of the Board is—
(a)the chair of the Board;
(b)three members appointed under paragraph 1(1)(b), and
(c)three members appointed under paragraph 1(1)(c).]
Textual Amendments
F12Sch. 1 para. 9 substituted (7.1.2019) by The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/947), arts. 1(1), 3(7) (with art. 7)
10U.K.The Board may make rules governing its meetings and procedure.
StaffU.K.
11(1)The Board may appoint staff.U.K.
(2)The Board shall determine the period for which, and the terms on which, its staff are appointed.
(3)Staff appointed by the Board shall have the duties which the Board directs.
(4)The Board may, in addition to paying salaries to its staff, pay pensions to or in respect of them, or make contributions to the payment of such pensions, and pay them allowances, expenses and gratuities.
SealU.K.
12U.K.The Board shall have a common seal which shall be authenticated in the prescribed manner; and any document purporting to be sealed with the seal authenticated in that manner shall be receivable as evidence of the particulars stated in it.
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