Bill 75 — Second Session, 16Th Legislature, 18 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 'Ill 75 'An Ad To Amend the Alberta Architects Act (Legislature 16, Session 2)

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Alberta — Bills

1969 Bill 75 Second Session, 16th Legislature, 18 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA 'ILL 75 'An Ad to amend The Alberta Architects Act THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS First Reading Second Reading .. Third Reading Printed by L. S. Wall. Queen's Printer. Edmon:,)il

BILL 15 1969

An Act to amend The Alberta Architects Act (Assented to , 1969) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Alberta Architects Act is hereby amended.

Section 3 is struck out and the following is substituted: 3.

(1) Notwithstanding

section 25, a corporation may practise as an architect in its own name (

a) if the corporation is the holder of a permit granted to it by the Association pursuant to this Act, (

b) if the practice is carried on under the direct personal supervision and responsibility of one or more per manent employees or shareholders who are also reg istered or licensed architects, and (

c) the beneficial ownership of all of the issued shar.es of the corporation is vested in one or more regIs tered architects and all of the directors and officers of the corporation are registered architects.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no corporation shall be registered as a registered architect or a licensed architect.

(3) When the practice of architecture is carried on by a corporation as permitted in subsection (1), (

a) all plans, drawings, specifications, reports or docu ments shall be signed by and sealed with the stamp of a registered or licensed architect who is respon sible for them and who supervised the preparation thereof, and (

b) in addition, the plans, drawings, specifications, re ports or documents shall carry the stamp issued to the corporation pursuant to this Act.

(4) A corporation purporting to practise architecture in its own name as permitted in subsection (1) shall keep

ICplanatory Notes I. This Bill amends

chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes.

Section 3 presently reads: 3. No corporation shall practise as an architect within the Province or be granted a certificate of registration under this Act.

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a) the Registrar of Companies, and (

b) the Association, advised of the names of the registered or licensed architects who are full-time permanent employees or shareholders of the corporation and are directly and personally supervising the practice and assuming responsibility therefor.

(5) The Council shall issue a permit which shall be valid for the calendar year during which it is issued to any cor poration which has (

a) filed an application on a form provided by the Council, (

b) paid all the fees prescribed by the Council, (

c) satisfied the Council that it has one or more full time permanent employees or shareholders who are also registered or licensed architects and who will assume direct personal supervision of and respon sibility for the practice of architecture in which the permit holder engages, and (

d) satisfied the Council that the beneficial ownership of all of its issued shares are vested and that all of its directors and officers are registered or licensed architects as required by subsection (1), clause (c).

(6) When the Council issues a permit pursuant to this Act, it shall provide the permit holder with a stamp bearing the permit number engraved in such manner as the Council decides which remains the property of the Association and shall be returned to it on demand.

(7) Any permit issued under this Act may be revoked or its renewal withheld by the Council for failure of the permit holder to observe any of the conditions set forth herein governing the issuance of a permit, or where the permit holder has been guilty of conduct that, in the judgment of the Council, is inimical to the best interest of the public or the profession of architecture.

(8) The provisions of this Act relating to maintenance of the dignity and honour of the profession of architecture apply mutatis mutandis to the revocation or withholding of a permit. 2

Section 9 is amended by striking out subsection (2) and by substituting the following:

(2) The Council shall register as a member of the As sociation any applicant who proves to its satisfaction that he (

a) is of good character, (

b) is not less than 21 years of age, (

c) is domiciled in Alberta, and (

d) is qualified for registration pursuant to subsection (3), (4) or (5), and who pays the prescribed registration fee and annual fee.

(3) A person is qualified for registration if (

a) he (

i) is a member of an association of architects incorporated by Act of any other province of Canada, or (b) (ii) holds a degree in architecture or its equivalent from an educational institution specified by the Universities Co-ordinating Council, or (iii) holds any other educational qualification con sidered by the Universities Co-ordinating Coun cil to be of a sufficiently high standard, and he (i) (ii) has, following graduation from an educational institution specified by the Universities Co ordinating Council, served two years under a registered architect, or submits evidence satisfactory to the Universit ies Co-ordinating Council that he has had such practical experience in architecture as is equiv alent thereto, or (iii) has passed practical qualifying examinations prescribed by the Universities Co-ordinating Council.

(4) A person is qualified for registration if he is a graduate in architectural technology from a Provincial Institute of Technology or from a technological institute whose standards of admission, instruction and examination are held by the Universities Co-ordinating Council to be at least equivalent to those of a Provinacial Institute of Technology and (

a) has, following graduation from an educational in stitution specified by the Universities Co-ordinating Council, served as an architectural draftsman under a registered architect for not less than five years, or 3

Section 9 (2) presently reads:

(2) The following persons, if d:.;miciled in the Province, may upon payment of the proper fees become registered as members of the Association: (

a) all members of associations of architects incorporated by special Act of any -other province of Canada; tb) all members or associate members ,of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of foreign associations of architects approved by the Universities Co-ordinating Council; (

c) any person who holds a degree in architecture from a university under The Universitys Act -or from any university approved by the Universities Co-ordinating Council -or who is a graduate from a school of architecture or technology approved by the Universities Co-ordinating Council if the course of studies fol lowed by such person has taken not less than four years and such person has (

i) served as a student for one year under a principal approved by the Universities Co-ordinating Council, or (ii) submitted evidence satisfactory to the Universities Co orrlinating Council that he has had such practical experience in architecture as is equivalent thereto, or (iii) passed such a practical qualifying examination as may be required by the Universities Co-ordinating Council; (

d) any person who is a graduate in architecture from the Provin cial Institute of Technology and Art and who has (

i) served as a student for three years under a principal approved hy the Universities Co-ordinating Council or who has worked for a like period as an architectural draughtsman, and (ii) passed such a comprehensive qualifying examination in architecture as may be required by the Universities Co ordinating Council; (

e) any person not less than 21 years of age who has either (

i) served as a student for not less than five years with a prin cipal approved by the Universities Co-ordinating Council; or (ii) worked for a period of not less than six years as an archi tectural draughts man, -or (iii) had such other practical experience in architecture as in the ,opinion of the Universities Co-ordinating Council is equivalent thereto, and who has passed such a comprehensive qualifying exami .. nation in architecture as may be required by the Universities Co-ordinating Council; (

f) any person who has practised architecture as a principal for a period of not less than seven years either in the Province before the 31st day of March, 1938, or elsewhere at any time, who sub mits evidence satisfactory to the Universities Co-o-rdinating Council that he is suitably qualified to practise as an architect and who, if required by the Universities Co-ordinating Council to do so. passes such qualifying examinations as may be re quired by the Universities Co-ordinating Council. 3

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b) submits evidence satisfactory to the Universities Co-ordinating Council that he has had such satis factory practical experience in architecture as is equivalent thereto, and has passed qualifying examinations prescribed by the Universities Co-ordinating Council.

(5) A person is qualified for registration if he (

a) is a high school graduate, or has equivalent educa tion, and has served as an architectural draftsman under a registered architect for a period of not less than seven years, or (

b) has, in the opinion of the Universities Co-ordinating Council, had such other satisfactory practical ex perience in architecture as is equivalent thereto and has passed qualifying examinations prescribed by the Universities Co-ordinating Council.

Section 10, subsection (1) is amended by striking out the words ", institute or body described in clause (

a) or (

b) of subsection (2) of

section 9" and by substituting the words "of architects incorporated by

an Act of any other province of Canada".

Section 17 is struck out and the following is sub stituted: 17.

(1) The Association shall not impose a fee exceeding $100 on the admission of a person to practise as a registered architect or licensed architect.

(2) The Association shall not impose an annual fee on registered architects and licensed architects greater than is necessary to meet the current operating expenses of the Association as estimated and fixed by the Council.

Section 23 is struck out and the following is sub stituted: .23. Nothing in

section 22 applies to a person registered as a professional engineer under The Engineering and Related Professions Act, 1968, where the practice of that person is confined to engineering, but he shall not style or hold himself out as an architect unless he is registered or licensed under this Act. 7. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 4

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Section 10 (1) presently reads: 10.

(1) The Council may, upon payment of the proper fees, grant to any archttect not domiciled in the Province but who is a member of an association, institute or body described in clauses (

a) or (

b) of subsection (2) of

section 9 a temporary licence to practise as an archi tect in the Province for such period as the Council may determine.

Section 17 presently reads: 17. 'l'he Association shall not impose a fee exceeding (a) $100 on admission of a person to practise as a registered or licensed architect, and (b) $50 as an annual fee.

Section 23 presently reads: 23. Notl;ting in

section 22 applies (

a) to a person registered as a pr:ofessional engineer under any Act of the Province relating to the practice of engineering where the practice of such person is confined to engineering, or (

b) to a Provincial or Dominion land surveyor practising his pro fession, but such engineer or surveyor shall not style or hold himself out as an architect unless he is registered or licensed under this Act. Title: 1969 (16th, 2nd) Bill 75,

An Act to amend The Alberta Architects Act

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