31C.—(1) The Board may appoint one or more Disciplinary Committees to formally inquire into —
(a)
any complaint or information in respect of which the Board or the Minister has, under section 31B, ordered that a formal inquiry be held by a Disciplinary Committee; or
(b)
any matter referred to the Board under section 29(6)(b).
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(2) A Disciplinary Committee must comprise at least 3 registered architects of at least 10 years’ standing, of whom at least 2 must be members of the Board.
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(3) A Disciplinary Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time, as the Board thinks fit.
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(4) The chairperson or a member of an Investigation Committee which inquired into any complaint or information must not be a member of a Disciplinary Committee inquiring into the same matter.
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(5) The Board must appoint a member of a Disciplinary Committee to be the chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee.
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(6) The Board may, at any time, revoke the appointment of any Disciplinary Committee or any member of a Disciplinary Committee, or fill any vacancy in a Disciplinary Committee.
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(7) No act done by or under the authority of a Disciplinary Committee is invalid because of any defect that is subsequently discovered in the appointment or qualification of the members or any of them.
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(8) A member of a Disciplinary Committee must, even though he or she has ceased to be a member of the Board on the expiry of his or her term of office, continue to be a member of the Disciplinary Committee until the Disciplinary Committee has completed its work.