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ARCHITECTS ACT 2004 (NO. 75 OF 2004) - SECT 4

4 .         Terms used in this Act

        (1)         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        “Board” means the Architects Board of Western Australia established under section 5;

        “certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued under section 38;

        “ committee” means a committee of the Board appointed under Schedule 1 clause 16;

        “condition” includes restriction;

        "corporation" means —

            (a)         a company as defined in the Corporations Act; or

            (b)         any other body corporate, or body corporate of a kind, prescribed by the regulations;

        “Corporations Act” means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;

        “disciplinary action” means action that can be the subject of an order under section 57(2);

        “firm” means an unincorporated body of persons, whether consisting of natural persons or corporations or partly of natural persons and partly of corporations;

        “licence” means a licence granted under Part  4;

        “ licence document” means a licence document issued under section 39;

        “licensed” means licensed under Part  4;

        “officer” , in relation to a body corporate, has the meaning given to “officer of a corporation” in the Corporations Act but does not include an employee of the body corporate unless the employee is concerned in the management of the body corporate;

        “public company” has the meaning given to that term in the Corporations Act;

        “register” means the register referred to in section 43;

        “registered” means registered under Part  4;

        “ registrar” means the person appointed to be registrar under section 17;

        “regulations” means regulations made under section 71;

        “ restricted word” means —

            (a)         “architect”, “architects”, “architectural” or “architecture”;

            (b)         any abbreviation or derivative of a word in paragraph (a); or

            (c)         any other word or combination of letters that sounds or looks like a word in paragraph (a).

        (2)         Notes in this Act are provided to assist understanding and do not form part of the Act.



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