Part 1 — Scope of Practice
2 Exclusive scope of practice and use of name
authorized entity shall engage in the practice of architecture.
(2) No person except a registered architect, visiting project
architect, architects corporation or architects and engineers firm
shall
(a) use any one or more of th e names architect, registered
architect, visiting project architect, architects corporation or
architects and engineers firm, or any title, description,
abbreviation, letter or symbol representing those names,
alone or in combination with any other name, title,
description, abbreviation, letter or symbol, that represents
expressly or by implication that the person is a registered
architect, visiting project architect or it is an architects
corporation or architects and engineers firm,
(b) represent or hold out, exp ressly or by implication, that
(i) the person or it is entitled to engage in the practice of
architecture, or
(ii) the person is a registe red architect, visiting project
architect or it is an architects corporation or architects
and engineers firm,
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(c) affix the seal or stamp of a registered architect or the stamp
of a visiting project architect, architects corporation or
architects and engineers firm, or permit that seal or stamp to
be affixed, to a plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification
or other document or a reproduction of any of them unless
(i) that plan, drawing, detail drawing, specification, other
document or reproduction was prepared by or under the
personal supervision, direction and control of, and
(ii) the seal or stamp is affixed with the knowledge, consent
or in accordance with the direction of
the registered architect or vi siting project architect to whom
or the architects corporation or architects and engineers firm
to which the seal or stamp was issued by the Registrar.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person engaged in the
practice of architecture in the course of being employed or engaged
by a registered architect, visiting project architect, architects
corporation or architects and engineers firm.
(4) A restricted practitioner is not authorized by the operation of
subsection (1) to engage in the practice of architecture beyond the
scope of the practice that is specified in the register in respect of
the individual concerned.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who engages in
(a) planning, designing or givi ng advice on the design of or on
the erection, construction or alteration of or addition to,
(b) preparing plans, drawings, detail drawings, specifications or
graphic representations for the design of or for the erection,
construction or alteration of or addition to, or
(c) inspecting work or assessi ng the performance of work under
a contract for the erection, construction or alteration of or
addition to
a building set out in subsection (6).
(6) The buildings referred to in subsection (5) are the following:
(a) a building, 3 storeys or less in height, for assembly
occupancy or institutional occupancy that,
(i) in the case of a single sto rey building, has a gross area of
300 square metres or less,
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(ii) in the case of a 2 storey building, has a gross area of 150
square metres or less on each floor, or
(iii) in the case of a 3 storey building, has a gross area of 100
square metres or less on each floor;
(b) a building for residential occupancy that
(i) is a single family dwelling, or
(ii) is a multiple family dwe lling containing 4 dwelling units
or less;
(c) a building, 3 storeys or less in height, for residential
occupancy as a hotel, motel or similar use that,
(i) in the case of a single sto rey building, has a gross area of
400 square metres or less,
(ii) in the case of a 2 storey building, has a gross area of 200
square metres or less on each floor, or
(iii) in the case of a 3 storey building, has a gross area of 130
square metres or less on each floor;
(d) a building, 3 storeys or less in height, for warehouse,
business and personal services occupancy, for mercantile
occupancy or for industrial occupancy that
(i) in the case of a single sto rey building, has a gross area of
500 square metres or less,
(ii) in the case of a 2 storey building, has a gross area of 250
square metres or less on each floor, or
(iii) in the case of a 3 storey building, has a gross area of 165
square metres or less on each floor;
(e) a building that is a farm building not for public use;
(f) a relocatable industrial camp building.
(7) Subsection (1) does not apply to a licensed interior designer
who is engaged in that portion of the practice of architecture that is
defined as interior design in the regulations.
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