Building Control Act 2007
Technical Assessment Board (Part 3). |
21.— (1) The registration body shall establish a Technical Assessment Board to consider applications for registration in the register from persons who do not fall within any of paragraphs (a) to (g) and (i) of section 14 (2). | |
(2) The Technical Assessment Board shall consist of a chairperson and 7 ordinary members, the latter appointed by the registration body as follows: | ||
(a) 3 architects nominated for such appointment by the registration body; | ||
(b) 4 persons nominated for such appointment by the Minister, being persons who are not architects. | ||
(3) The chairperson of the Technical Assessment Board shall be a solicitor, a barrister or a former judge of the Circuit Court, High Court or Supreme Court who shall be appointed as chairperson by the Minister. | ||
(4) The Technical Assessment Board shall establish a panel of architects being architects who the Board considers possess the requisite expertise for the purpose of performing the functions assigned to members of the panel under subsection (5). | ||
(5) The Technical Assessment Board shall, in respect of each application under section 22 , appoint not less than 3 of the members of the panel established under subsection (4) to— | ||
(a) examine the documents furnished to the Board under subsection (2) of that section (and any additional information furnished to it under subsection (3) of that section), | ||
(b) interview the applicant, and | ||
(c) give to the Board their opinion as to whether the applicant is eligible for registration pursuant to that section. |