Rules and regulations affecting architects
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Agency Worker Directive and Regulations 2010
Architects Act 1997
Architects Code of Conduct 2010 (ARB)
Building Act 1984
Capital Allowances Act 2001
Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978
Climate Change Act 2008
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006
Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010
Companies Acts 1985, 1989, 2006
Companies and Limited Liability Partnership ( Accounts and Audit Exemptions and Change of Accounting Framework) Regulations
Companies(late Filing Penalties) and Limited Liability Partnerships
(Filing Periods and Late Filing Penalties) Regulations 2008 – SI 2008/497
Competition Act 1998
Consumer Protection Act 1987 and Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
Data Protection Act 1998
Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 and Regulations 1998
Employment Acts 1980, 1982, 1988, 2002, 2008
Employment Rights Act 1996 and Employment Relations Act 1999
Energy Act 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013
Energy Efficiency (Eligible Buildings) Regulations 2013
Enterprise Act 2002
Environmental Act 1995
Environmental Protection Act 1990
EU Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive 2005 (MRPQ Directive)
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Heath and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008.
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
Human Rights Act 1998.
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