Part 4 — Registration of Members Registers
17 Architects and Engineers Firms Joint firms
(a) "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;
(b) "engineer" means an individual who is registered as a
professional engineer under the Engineering and
Geoscience Professions Act and who actively practises
engineering in Alberta;
(c) "Engineers As sociation" means the Association of
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta under
the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act;
(d) "engineers firm" means a partnership or corporation
(i) that
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(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,
and that is otherwise entitled to engage in the practice of
engineering under the Engineering and Geoscience
Professions Act;
(e) "proposed architects a nd engineers firm" means a
partnership or corporation
(i) that
(A) proposes to confine its practice to providing
architectural consulting services and engineering
consulting services, or
(B) if it does not propose t o confine its practice to
providing architectural consulting services and
engineering consulting services, proposes to engage
in a practice satisfactory to the Joint Board,
a n d
(ii) in which registered archit ects and professional engineers
(A) hold a majority interest, and
(B) control the partnership or corporation,
and that is otherwise entitled to engage in the practice of
architecture or the practice of engineering under the
Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.
(2) An application for a certificate of authorization may be made
by
(a) an engineer;
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(b) a registered architect;
(c) an engineers firm;
(d) an architects firm;
(e) a proposed architect s and engineers firm;
(f) a partnership or corporation that is not referred to in cl auses
(c), (d) or (e) and 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 th e provision of architectural
consulting services, apply to the Council, and
(b) if its prime activity is the provision of engineering
consulting services, apply to the council of the Engineers
Association.
RSA 2000 cA-44 s17;2011 c3 s33