Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 11, Architect's Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill provides for the creation of a professional association for architects in the Northwest Territories. The bill also provides for the regulation of the profession by the new association and requires, with some exceptions, persons practicing architecture to be authorized to do so by the association.

Some of the key provisions of the bill concern the following matters:

• • setting out the powers of the association to manage its affairs, including the powers to hold property, make by-laws, elect a governing council, register members, issue licences and permits, and conduct discipline proceedings;
• • setting out rules respecting various aspects of the practice of the profession, including the use of the title "architect", the use of stamps and seals and the supervision of certain persons;
• • providing for the enforcement of the practice restrictions set out in the act;
• • providing for certain transitional issues, including establishing the initial membership and council of the association and grandfathering certain persons currently practising architecture in the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.