9.—(1) There must be a chief executive of the Board called the Registrar of the Board, whose appointment and removal must be in accordance with the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.
[5/2018]
(1A) The Board may, subject to the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, appoint an individual to act temporarily as the Registrar during any period, or during all periods, when the Registrar —
(a)
is absent from duty or Singapore; or
(b)
is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.
[5/2018]
(2) In addition to duties under the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Registrar must —
(a)
be under the general direction of the Board;
(b)
sign all certificates of registration, practising certificates and licences; and
(c)
record all relevant entries in any register kept and maintained under section 8(1), including any suspension, cancellation or reinstatement of registration in any of the registers.
[20/2017; 5/2018]
(3) The Registrar must attend all meetings of the Board and record the proceedings of those meetings, and must conduct the correspondence and deal with any matters that the president or the Board may assign to the Registrar.
(4) The Registrar must publish, in a manner that will secure adequate publicity to the general public, the following:
(a)
as soon as possible after 1 January each year, a list containing the names, qualifications and addresses of all registered architects who, on that date, have in force a practising certificate and the names of the architectural practices under which they are practising, or that are employing them;
(b)
from time to time, supplementary lists of the names, qualifications, addresses and the names of the architectural practices of persons added to or removed from the register of practitioners.
[20/2017]
(5) In any proceedings, a list published under subsection (4) is sufficient evidence that the persons whose names appear in the list are registered architects who have in force practising certificates.