Clause 8

by deleting paragraph (g) of subsection (1);

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (2)(a);

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)where the approval of the Commissioner of Building Control under the Building Control Act (Cap. 29) is required to be obtained for the plans of the building works with regard to any works within a conservation area, requirements for the submission to the competent authority, within 7 days of the application for approval made to the Commissioner of Building Control, of a declaration by a qualified person that the plans submitted to the Commissioner of Building Control for the application with regard to such works are in accordance with the plans approved by the competent authority in the grant of the conservation permission.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(3A) Any qualified person who —

makes a declaration referred to in subsection (2)(c) which is false or misleading in any material particular; or

recklessly makes such declaration which is false or misleading in any material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.(3B) In subsection (2)(c), “qualified person” means a person who is registered as an architect under the Architects Act (Cap. 12) and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act.”.