Employment or engagement of unregistered architect prohibited
12.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not employ as an architect any other person unless the other person is a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate.
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(1A) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not engage the architectural services of any other person in relation to any building works unless the other person —
(a)
is a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate; or
(b)
is a registered architect who, if he or she is not required to obtain a practising certificate, is supplying the architectural services in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or condition of his or her registration.
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(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (1A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and, for a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $5,000.