BOARD NOTICE 154 OF 2011
SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION
INTERIM POLICY ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF WORK FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION
THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION ACT NO. 44 OF 2000

The Interim Policy is set out herewith and will become effective from 1 October 2011. It will fall away immediately after the full IDoW policy document Is published by way of a Board Notice in the Government Gazette.

WHEREAS Section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 grants everyone the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being and to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures;

AND WHEREAS Section 22 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 grants every citizen the right to choose their trade, occupation or profession provided that such practice of trade, occupation or profession may be regulated by law;

AND WHEREAS Section 14(g) to (j) of the Architectural Profession Act, 2000 empowers the South African Council for the Architectural Profession to take any steps it considers necessary for the protection of the public in their dealings with registered persons, for the maintenance of the integrity and the enhancement of the status of the architectural profession, for the improvement of the standards of services rendered by registered persons, to create an awareness amongst registered persons of the importance to protect the environment against unsound architectural practices, and, where, as a result of architectural related undertakings, public health and safety may be affected;

AND WHEREAS Section 18 of the Architectural Profession Act, 2000 empowers the South African Council for the Architectural Profession to register persons in the architectural profession in certain categories;

AND WHEREAS Section 26 of the Architectural Profession Act, 2000 requires the Council to make recommendations to the Council for the Built Environment regarding the work identified in terms of subsection (1) and prohibits a person not registered in terms of this Act to perform any kind of work identified for any category of professional registered in terms of this Act;

AND WHEREAS the activities of architecturally related undertakings impact directly on communities and the South African society and its improved efficiency and effectiveness will enhance quality, productivity, health, safety, environmental outcomes and economic performance;

AND WHEREAS the architectural professions practice in a project-specific environment which is unique and complex, work with different investors, clients, contractual arrangements and consulting professions, and also with different site conditions, design, materials and technologies, and different contractors, specialist subcontractors and the workforce assembled for each project;

AND WHEREAS persons are registered with the South African Council for the Architectural Profession in categories according to the requirements of the Act, The South African Council for the Architectural Profession hereby recommends the following to the Council for the Built Environment regarding the Identification of Work for the different categories of architectural professionals:

POLICY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this Interim IDoW Policy are to:

• provide an interim policy to be in force pending the IDoW framework to be promulgated in the near future,
  
  
• comply with legislative requirements,
  
  
• protect the public by defining the work that each registration category of the Architectural Profession can undertake,
  
  
• protect the environment,
  
  
• provide a framework for the IDoW and the demarcation of work between categories of registration in the Architectural Profession,
  
  
• provide an effective and efficient mechanism for addressing and recognising overlaps and duplication between work identified by different professions,
  
  
• ensure that where work is to be carried out by different categories of professionals, there are clear and transparent ways of determining the category of profession to carry out the work,
  
  
• ensure the transparency and accountability of the identification of work process, and
  
  
• facilitate the most economically, socially and technically efficient use of the built environment professions and their categories of registration with a view to attaining maximum benefit for the public.