ARB Elections 2006

ARB Elections 2006 (11/01/2006)

The deadline for receipt of nominations, noon on 10 January 2006, has now passed, and as Returning Officer, I confirm that the nominations of the following named individuals are valid, and a poll will be held for election to the Architects Registration Board.

Bernard Wyld

Anthony Mealing

Nicholas Tweddell

John Griffiths

Tony Clelford

Thom Gorst

Elspeth Clements

Conal Campbell

Derek Salter

Colin Brock

Christine Lelong

Alfred Munkenbeck

Nita Sharma

Sarah Lupton

Thomas Woolley

Peter Phillips

Vidur Dindayal

James Cuthbertson

Yasmin Shariff

Mark Benzie

Roger Shrimplin

George Oldham

Electoral Reform Services (ERS), the independent body which will oversee the election, will distribute ballot papers to all architects entitled to vote in the Elections by 1 February 2006. The closing date for receipt of completed ballot papers by ERS is noon 1 March 2006. The results will be advised to me no later than 10 March 2006, following which I will issue an announcement naming those architects elected to serve from 1 April 2006 for three years.

Robin Vaughan

Returning Officer

Ends.

Notes for Editors

ARB is the statutory body established by Parliament under the Architects Act 1997 to regulate the UK architects’ profession in the public interest. The Act requires ARB (inter alia) to:

• Maintain the Register of Architects (Section 3)

• Prescribe qualifications for entry to the Register of Architects (Section 4)

• Deal with competence to practise (Section 9)

• Issue a Code which lays down standards of professional conduct and practice (Section 13)

• Regulate use of the title “architect” and prosecute those who use it fraudulently (Section 20)

ARB has a Board of 15 members, seven of whom are architects elected by the profession. The remaining eight are members of the public appointed by the Privy Council to represent the interests of consumers and users of architectural services. Elections for architect members of the Board are held every three years.

The address of ERS, the independent body overseeing the election, is: The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 ONW