At a ceremony held at Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, 4th March 2016, Perit Vincent Cassar took over as the next President of the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) for the period 2016-2019. This followed a period of three years (2013-2016) as Senior Vice-President of the same Association to which post he was elected in 2013. […]
The Council of the Kamra tal-Periti has written to the Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Simplification of Administrative Processes, Hon Dr Deborah Schembri, regarding administrative procedures following the implementation of DC2015. The Council will keep the members updated on the outcome of this correspondence. Letter to Parliamentary Secretary.
It has come to the Kamra’s attention that Periti are frequently facing demands by their Client/s to provide a copy of drawings or other design documents in digital editable format. Drawings, illustrations and/or other design documents are the intellectual property of the Perit that prepared them and there exists no obligation to provide these to a third party save for the purposes […]
The Department of Inland Revenue will no longer send its architects to ensure that the declared purchase price of a property reflects its commercial value. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said a legal notice will be issued in the coming days. He said the government architect would only be dispatched in exceptional cases, when the Inland […]
Reference is made to previous circulars and directives regarding the application of the schedule of fees as defined in Tariff K and the inclusion of VAT, as part of the Cost of Construction. We wish to draw your attention that a recent Court of Appeal judgement has ruled that the amount of VAT is not […]
As you are certainly aware, your Council is currently in discussions with government on various issues that affect the profession. These issues, that formed part of a compendium titled “Towards a Renewed Profession”, were the subject of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held in April 2008 and the positions taken then were again reaffirmed, with some amendments, […]
Following the issue of MEPA Circular 03/09 and the subsequent issue of Chamber Directive DIR 03/09 dated 7 August and 10 August respective, representatives of the Chamber of Architects & Civil Engineers have met with the MEPA Chairman to discuss a number of issues associated with cases where a Client wishes to employ a second Perit […]
The Kamra tal-Periti would like to draw the attention of all Warrant Holders to the correct procedure to be adopted by Periti in cases when a commission undertaken on behalf of a Client is discontinued for any reason and/or when a Perit assumes responsibility for a commission originally undertaken by another Perit. Warrant Holders are to note that these procedures apply equally to all cases […]
The Kamra tal-Periti has on various occasions in the past, and in accordance with directives given by the Council, drawn the attention of all practicing Periti to the correct procedure to be adopted for listing their practice in the Yellow Pages Directory and other similar listings. The Kamra wishes to draw your attention again that any advertising has […]