The Periodic Review into the regulation of architects continues.

The Review team are currently undertaking workshops in the devolved administrations.

It is expected that the final submission will go to the Minister by the end of June 2015.

In November 2014, phase one of the Review concluded that there remains a need for continued statutory regulation.

Phase two involves the government conducting a detailed analysis of two key regulatory functions.
These are setting the standards of entry to the profession (what is often referred to as the prescription process) and the remit of the professional standards function (which deals with setting the Code of Conduct and the complaints process).

Two key Board reviews planned for 2015, the Review of Routes to Registration and the Review into Investigating Allegations under Section 14 of the Act, have been postponed until the outcome of the Periodic Review is known.