Insurables — Australian business risk, sourced and dated

Architects: professional indemnity requirements in South Australia

Cover for legal liability arising from professional advice or services, written on a claims-made basis.

Data as at

Verified for South Australia

  • Licence liability condition: No — and South Australia states it as an EXEMPTION rather than a silence, which makes it a stronger answer than most negatives on this site. Registered architects are expressly exempt from the application of section 18 of the Building Work Contractors Act 1995 (SA), the provision that carries the building indemnity insurance requirement. The legislature considered whether it should apply to architects and decided it should not. SA · effective 2026-08-24 South Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licence evidence required: None arising from that exemption. Professional indemnity cover is routinely required by clients and by contract, but not by the registration. SA · effective 2026-08-24 South Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licensing body: The Architectural Practice Board of South Australia, under the Architectural Practice Act 2009 (SA). SA · effective 2010-04-01 South Australia Government · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

What this cover costs

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