The introduction stated that in October 1993 the Government had announced that the profession and others would be consulted about measures which could be taken to simplify the then arrangements for the registration of architects under the Architects Registration Acts, and that broad agreement on what those measures would be had been reached with the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
The introduction stated that in October 1993, the Government had declared that the profession and others would be consulted about possible reforms to simplify the existing procedures for registering architects under the Architects Registration Acts, and that a broad consensus on what those measures would entail had been reached with the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).