Australia

Progress, Volume X, Issue 3, 1 November 1914, Page 97

Australia

REGISTRATION OF ARCHITECTS The draft of a proposed bill for the registration of architects was read before the meeting of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects last evening, and unanimously approved. The President (Mr. 11. W. Tompkins) remarked that the bill was entirely in the interests of the public, and that no member present would benefit in any way, because they would have to admit all architects or persons practising architecture at the passing of the Act. He also stated that at the present time there was nothing to prevent anyone from practising as an architect, in many cases at the expense of his client, whereas under the bill a man would in future have to be duly qualified, thereby raising the status of the profession. The measure provides for a registration board, for examinations to be held, for the appointment of registrar and other officers, and the other requisite machinery. The registration fee is fixed at £3 3s. The bill, it is stated, is identical with one being introduced in the New South Wales Parliament, and probably in Tasmania and South Australia. The Institute has invited the Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Manufactures, Municipal Association, Property Owners’ Association, Health Society, Medical Association, the Master Builders’ Association, and other bodies to join in a deputation to the Minister of Public Works, urging the passing of the proposed bill into law. — Building.