RTA · Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
Part 4 — Registration
33 Joint firms
(a) "Architects Association" mea ns The Alberta Association of
Architects under the Architects Act;
(b) "architects firm" means a partnership or corporation
(i) that
(A) confines its practice to providing architectural
consulting services, or
(B) if it does not confine its practice to providing
architectural consulting services, engages in a
practice satisfactory to the Joint Board,
a n d
(ii) in which registered architects
(A) hold a majority interest, and
(B) control the partnership or corporation,
and that is otherwise entitled to engage in the practice of
architecture under the Architects Act;
(c) "engineers firm" means a partnership or corporation
(i) that
(A) confines its practice to providing engineering
consulting services, or
(B) if it does not confine its practice to providing
engineering consulting services, engages in a practice
satisfactory to the Joint Board,
a n d
(ii) in which professional engineers
(A) hold a majority interest, and
(B) control the partnership or corporation,
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and that is otherwise entitled to engage in the practice of
engineering under this Act;
(d) "proposed engineers an d architects firm" means a
partnership or corporation
(i) that
(A) proposes to confine its practice to providing
engineering consulting services and architectural
consulting services, or
(B) if it does not propose t o confine its practice to
providing engineering consulting services and
architectural consulting services, proposes to engage
in a practice satisfactory to the Joint Board,
a n d
(ii) in which professional engineers and registered architects
(A) hold a majority interest, and
(B) control the partnership or corporation,
and that is otherwise entitled to engage in the practice of
engineering under this Act or the practice of architecture
under the Architects Act.
(2) An application for a certificate of authorization may be made
by the following:
(a) a professional engineer;
(b) a registered architect;
(c) an engineers firm;
(d) an architects firm;
(e) a proposed engineer s and architects firm;
(f) a partnership or corporation that is not referred to in cl ause
(c), (d) or (e) that the Joint Board considers a suitable
applicant for a certificate of authorization.
(3) An applicant under subsection (2) shall
(a) if its prime activity is the provision of engineering
consulting services, apply to the Council, and
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(b) if its prime activity is th e provision of architectural
consulting services, apply to the council of the Architects
Association.
1981 cE-11.1 s32