 In addition to his role on the councils , Laybourne Smith was an adviser during the development of the State Building Act of 1923 , and he was largely responsible for the framing of the 1939 Architects Act , ( which provided for the formal registration of architects in South Australia ) . Because of his work on the State Building act , Laybourne Smith sat on the Board of Referees responsible for adjudicating disputes , and his position on the Architects Board of South Australia was a direct result of his involvement in the creation of the Architects Act . 
