Second Schedule, part 3, The Architects Act, 1986

(q) failing to act in an impartial manner in any case of dispute between a building owner and any contractor; (r) permitting the insertion in any tender, bill of quantities or other contract document of any requirement for payment to be made to him by the contractor whatever may be the consideration, unless with the full knowledge and approval of the employer; (s) taking part in any architectural competition as to which the Council has declared by a resolution that members of the Institute must not take part, because conditions are not in accordance with regulations of the Institute for architectural competitions, or being associated in any way with the carrying out of a design selected as a result of a competition as to which the Council has declared by a resolution that members must not take part; (t) failing to notify at once, the Secretary of the Council upon being asked to take part in a limited competition, the particulars of the competition, and (u) acting as an architect or joint architect for a work which is or has been the subject of a competition in which he is or has been an assessor, or acting as a consulting architect unless appointed before the inception of the competition; or having been approached by the promoters to advise on the holding of a competition, with the view to his acting as an assessor, acting as architect for the work; if it is eventually decided not to hold a competition, but to appoint an architect to carry out the work. 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Schedule, an architect shall not be guilty of professional misconduct by reason of any of the following acts namely— No. 7 Architects Act 1986 A71 (a) entering into or being in partnership with any person outside Sierra Leone who is a member of a society or institution of architects which is in the opinion of the Council of equivalent status to the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects; (b) securing professional business by reason of such partnership (c) allowing such partnership to be carried on in his name, and