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The Architects Registration Board of Victoria (ARBV) is empowered by the Architects Act 1991 to:

• register architects and approve architectural companies and partnerships
• investigate complaints and arrange Tribunal inquiries into professional practice on behalf of the public.
• determine architectural qualifications and accredit courses
• conduct examinations for registration
• require Architects to be registered and have Professional Indemnity insurance cover to practise as an architect.

These legislated powers enable the ARBV to act on behalf of consumers.

Consumers can check whether a person can legitimately call him/her self an Architect by consulting the Register of architects, architectural companies and partnerships.

The brochure Working with your Architect provides advice on your role and the roles of your architect in a project.

The Architects Act protects use of the title and certain phrases. The value of this to consumers is that it is a short hand way of identifying practitioners who have satisfied the requirements for registration. If an architect is registered in the practising category, it is a way of identifying practitioners who have the expertise appropriate for the work that they do.

The ARBV promotes good practice through its Awards, its publications and reports of inquiry outcomes.

The dates for the Architectural Practice Examination (APE) are: