Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2016 and comes into force on 9th December 2016.

Amendments to the Architects Act 1997

2. —(1)The Architects Act 1997( 3 ) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In section 4(2A)(c) (registration in Part 1 of the Register: general)—

(a) in paragraph (i) for “regulation 3(9)(a), (b), (c) or (e) of the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007” substitute “regulation 3(8)(a), (b), (c) or (e) of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015( 4 )”; and

(b) in paragraph (ii)—

(i) for “regulations 20 to 26” substitute “regulations 27 to 34”; and

(ii) for “regulation 3(4)” substitute “regulation 3(5)”.

(3) In section 4A(1) (registration in Part 1 of the Register: European qualifications)—

(a) in paragraph (c) for “paragraph 1 of Article 47” substitute “paragraph 3 of Article 49”;

(b) in paragraph (d)—

(i) omit “paragraph 2 of”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i) for “that paragraph” substitute “Article 47 of the Directive”, and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii) for “paragraph” substitute “Article”; and

(c) in paragraph (e)—

(i) for “paragraph 1” substitute “paragraphs 1 and 1a”, and

(ii) for “Annex VI” substitute “Annexes V and VI”.

(4) In section 6(2A) (registration: further procedural requirements)—

(a) for “regulation 25(1)(b) of the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007” substitute “regulation 32(1)(b) of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015”; and

(b) for “regulation 25(3)(b)” substitute “regulation 32(3)(a)”.