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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 |
|---|---|---|
Australian Computer Society (ACS) | ||
Australian Property Institute Valuers Limited (APIV) | ||
Bar Association of Queensland | ||
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) Formerly known as Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) | 2014-2019 (ACT)*** | |
CPA Australia | 2017-2019 | |
Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) | ||
Law Institute of Victoria | ||
Law Society of NSW | ||
Law Society of South Australia | ||
Law Society of Western Australia | ||
New South Wales Bar Association (NSW Bar) | ||
Queensland Law Society | ||
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Valuers (RICSV) | ||
South Australian Bar Association (SA Bar) | ||
Victorian Bar Association | ||
Western Australian Bar Association (WABA) |
* This scheme was amended. The updated version appears under Current schemes.
** This scheme was extended beyond its original five-year term.
*** This Scheme commenced on 8 October 2014.
^ This scheme was amended and extended beyond its original five-year term. The updated version appears under Current schemes.
+ This scheme was extended beyond its original two-year term.