The Warne Report was published by the United Kingdom Government in 1993. It was referred to in a government consultation paper on Reform of Architects Registration

Reform of Architects Registration

"Reform of Architects Registration" was the title of a UK government consultation paper dated 19 July 1994 which was issued by the Department of the Environment...

 dated 19 July 1994. Eventually, certain changes to the Architects Registration Acts were enacted in 1996 which now have effect under the Architects Act 1997

Architects Act 1997

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Overview

The Warne Report had been drawn up by (Ernest) John (David) Warne, CB. He had been secretary to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales from 1982 to 1990. After graduating BA in the University of London

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 he had entered the Civil Service

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, and after a series of promotions and transfers (detailed in Who's Who

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) he had become an Under-Secretary in the Department of Industry, and eventually Deputy Director-General of the Office of Fair Trading

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, 1979-1982. Mr Warne summarised the conclusion of his report as follows:

• "My main recommendation is that the protection of title 'architect' should be abolished and ARCUK disbanded, I believe that this will help modify some of the outmoded distinctions and attitudes which inhibit change within the construction industry. It should also help the efforts being made in the architectural profession to improve the relevance of education and training to the business world in which architects must operate. Although the loss of the monopoly
  Monopoly
  A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
  
   use of the title 'architect
  Architect
  An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
  
  ' (but not the term 'chartered architect
  Chartered architect
  A chartered architect in the United Kingdom is a corporate member of one or more of the following architects' professional bodies:*the Royal Institute of British Architects*the Royal Society of Ulster Architects...
  
  ') will be unwelcome to many in the profession
  Profession
  A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain....
  
  , I suggest that time will show that the protection of title has been largely irrelevant to the standing of the architectural profession or to the public interest
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See also

• The Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938
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• Architects Registration in the United Kingdom
  Architects Registration in the United Kingdom
  In the United Kingdom, the Architects Act 1997 imposes restrictions on the use of the name, style or title "architect" in connection with a business or a professional practice, and for that purpose requires a statutory Register of Architects to be maintained...
  
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Use of title

Background to legislation, cc19-20

Three aspects

1931 regime

From 1990s

Chronology 1834-1997