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Professional Standards Schemes Associations with a current Professional Standards Scheme
The following table shows all professional associations with a Professional Standards Scheme in force. Learn more about associations that formerly had a Professional Standards Scheme and allowed it to expire without obtaining a new scheme.
Click on any of the links below to download a file of the relevant scheme document(s).
| Associations | Current scheme | Previous schemes |
|---|---|---|
Association of Consulting Surveyors National Ltd | ||
Australian Computer Society Inc | ||
Australian Institute of Building Surveyors Ltd | ||
Australian Property Institute Valuers Ltd | ||
Bar Association of Queensland Ltd | ||
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Inc Formerly known as Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia | 2014-2019 (ACT) | |
Chartered Surveyors Ltd Formerly known as RICS Valuers Ltd | ||
CPA Australia Ltd | 2017-2019 | |
Institute of Public Accountants Ltd | ||
Law Institute of Victoria Ltd | ||
Law Society of NSW Ltd | ||
Law Society of South Australia Inc | ||
Law Society of Western Australia Inc | ||
New South Wales Bar Association Ltd | ||
Queensland Law Society Ltd | ||
South Australian Bar Association Inc | ||
Strata Community Association (NSW) Ltd | ||
Victorian Bar Inc | ||
Western Australian Bar Association Inc |
+ the expiration date of this scheme was extended for one year beyond its original term by application from the occupational association and subsequent authorisation of the responsible Minister (this may only occur once for each approved scheme term)
^ this scheme was amended by application from the occupational association, approval by the relevant Council and subsequent authorisation by the responsible Minister
+^ a combination of the two items above.