The Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938 is the statutory citation for three Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament, namely: Architects (Registration) Act 1931; Architects (Registration) Act 1934; and Architects Registration Act 1938. These Acts have been amended and have been replaced as amended by the Architects Act 1997, with effect from 21 July 1997. From ARCUK in 1931 to ARB in 1997 Extent and citation of the Acts By subsection 18(1), the originating Act of 1931 was to come into operation on 1 January 1932, save as otherwise provided in the Act; and by subsection 18(2), it was to extend to Northern Ireland only if an Order in Council was made to that effect. On the 1938 Act coming into force, the 1931 Act was to be construed as one with the Architects (Registration) Act, 1934 and the Architects Registration Act, 1938; those three Acts could be cited together as the Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938; and in the 1938 Act the expression "principal Act" meant the Architects (Registration) Act, 1931. Formation and duties of ARCUK The Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938 required the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) ("the Council") to set up, maintain and publish annually a register, in the manner prescribed by the Acts. By subsection 3(1) of the 1931 Act the Council was to be a body corporate by the name of the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom, and it was expressed to be established for the purposes of the Act. Architects Act 1997 The governing Act for the keeping and publication of the Register in the prescribed manner is now the Architects Act 1997. Its long title is: An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to architects. Amendments which had been made by Part III of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 included (subsection 118(1)) renaming the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) as the Architects Registration Board (ARB). The 1996 Act also enacted the abolition of the statutory Board of Architectural Education (subsection 118(2)). The effect of the 1996 Act was to repeal part of the Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938 as then amended, and to amend and add to other parts. Those Acts, as amended by the 1996 Act, were then repealed by the consolidation Act of 1997, which thereafter became the governing Act. Subsection 13(1) of the Architects (Registration)