S.I. No. 341/2012 - Building Control (Prescribed Bodies and Courses) Regulations 2012.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th September, 2012.

I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 64 of the Building Control Act 2007 (No. 21 of 2007), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Prescribed Bodies and Courses) Regulations 2012.

2. The bodies specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations are prescribed for the purposes of section 14 (2)(a)(iii) of the Building Control Act 2007 (No. 21 of 2007).

3. The examination specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations is prescribed for the purposes of section 14 (2)(f) of the Building Control Act 2007 .

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 September 2012.

PHIL HOGAN,

Minister for the Environment Community and Local Government.

SCHEDULE 1

Prescribed Education Bodies

The following educational bodies are prescribed pursuant to section 14 (2)(a)(iii) of the Building Control Act 2007 :

(i) University of Limerick, and

(ii) Waterford Institute of Technology.

SCHEDULE 2

Prescribed Register Admission Examination

The following register admission examination is prescribed pursuant to section 14 (2)(f)(iii) of the Building Control Act 2007 :

(i) the Architects Register Admission Examination administered by ARAE Limited.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations provide for the prescription of additional educational bodies and a register admission examination for the purposes of the registration of eligible persons in the register of Architects established under Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 .