(1) The Minister, after consultation with the Council, may make regulations prescribing anything which under this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed by the Minister or which, in the opinion of the Minister, is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for—
(a) the appointment of a committee of architects to perform the functions of the Council pending the first election of elected members; and
(b) the functions, powers, duties and procedure of the committee referred to in paragraph (a) and the fees and allowances payable from the funds of the Council to the members thereof.
(3) The Minister, after consultation with the Council, may at any time by notice in a statutory instrument, amend the Second Schedule by the insertion of an additional class or classes of persons.
(4) The Council may make by-laws prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed by the Council or which, in the opinion of the Council, are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the purpose of carrying out the functions or exercising the powers of the Council.
(5) By-laws made in terms of subsection (4) may provide for— (a) the fees which shall be payable—
(i) for registration in the Register or temporary register kept in terms of subsection (2) of section twenty; or
(ii) as annual fees by persons so long as they remain registered and the date on which such fees shall become due and payable; or
(iii) for restoration to the Register; or
(iv) for the issue of duplicate certificates of registration or certified extracts from the Register or other certificates issued by the Registrar;
(b) the certificates to be kept, maintained or issued under this Act and the manner in which alterations thereto may be effected;
(c) the remuneration and allowances payable to members and alternate members or to members of a committee of the Council;
(d) the minimum fees which shall be chargeable by a registered architect for his professional services.
(6) By-laws made in terms of subsection (4) shall not have effect until they have been approved by the Minister and published in a statutory instrument