Section 21: Annual fee

21. Annual fee (1) Subject to subsection (2), every professional architect shall, on or before 30 November of every year, pay to the Registrar such annual fee as may be prescribed, in respect of the year commencing on 1 January of the following year. (2) Where a professional architect fails to comply with subsection (1), he shall be liable to pay the annual fee together with a surcharge of 50 per cent of the annual fee by 31 January of the year in respect of which it is due. (3) Where a professional architect fails to pay the annual fee together with the surcharge required under subsection (1), the Council may deregister the professional architect. (4) Where a professional architect has been deregistered under subsection (3), the Council shall cause the Registrar to remove the name and other particulars of the professional architect from the register of professional architects. (5) The Council may, where the name and other particulars of a professional architect have been removed from the register of professional architects under subsection (4), restore the name and other particulars of the professional architect on good cause shown and on payment of the annual fee together with its surcharge.