Legislation regulating the architectural profession

Preliminaries

Cover, Copyright, Signing Page, Terms of reference, Contents, Abbreviations, Explanations, Key messages, Overview, Recommendation and findings

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background to the current inquiry
  • 1.2 Key issues
  • 1.3 Participants' views
  • 1.4 Assessment criteria
  • 1.5 The Commission’s approach
  • 1.6 Conduct of the inquiry
• 2 Current regulation of architects
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Objectives of the Archirects Acts
  • 2.3 The Architects Boards
  • 2.4 Restrictions on use of title
  • 2.5 Requirements for registration
  • 2.6 Disciplinary provisions
  • 2.7 Restrictions on ownership of enterprises
  • 2.8 Restrictions on advertising
  • 2.9 Other relevant acts
• 3 Architects and the market for building design and related services
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Architects in Australia
  • 3.3 Services provided by architects
  • 3.4 Defining the market in which architects compete
  • 3.5 Architects and the market for building design and related services
• 4 The case for regulation
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 When is regulation warranted?
  • 4.3 Incomplete information
  • 4.4 Information problems in the market for building design and related services
  • 4.5 Spillovers (externalities)
  • 4.6 Spillovers in the market for building design and related services
• 5 Current Architects Acts: benefits
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Protecting consumers
  • 5.3 Addressing spillovers
• 6 Current Architects Acts: facilitating exports
  • 6.1 Education of overseas students
  • 6.2 Exports of architectural services
  • 6.3 Reducing barriers to trade in services
• 7 Current Architects Acts: costs
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Costs of restrictions on the use of title and derivative terms
  • 7.3 Restrictions on ownership of architectural businesses
  • 7.4 Restrictions on advertising by architects
  • 7.5 Other restrictions
• 8 Current Architects Acts: consistency and duplication
  • 8.1 Duplication of regulation
  • 8.2 Consistency of regulation within Australia
• 9 Current Architects Acts: assessing costs and benefits
  • 9.1 Benefits
  • 9.2 Costs
  • 9.3 Net benefits
• 10 Alternatives: modifying existing legislation
  • 10.1 Regulating practice
  • 10.2 Improving current Architects Acts
  • 10.3 Regulating architects under State Building Acts
• 11 Alternatives: co-regulation and self-regulation
  • 11.1 Co-regulation
  • 11.2 Self-regulation
• 12 Appropriate regulation: the Commission's assessment
  • 12.1 The Commission's task
  • 12.2 The Commission's assessment
• A Public consultation
  • A.1 List of submissions
  • A.2 List of visits
  • A.3 Public hearing participants
• B Derivation of the number of practising architects
• References