Landscape Architectural Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 45 of 2000) Board Notices New SACLAP Digital Registration Certificates powered by PRIVYSEAL to replace Hard Copy Certificates and Letters confirming Registration Board Notice 123 of 2020

 

Board Notice 123

9 October 2020

GG 43784

 

South African Council for the Landscape Architectural Profession

 

OFFICIAL NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE FORM AND TYPE OF CERTIFICATES FOR REGISTERED PERSONS

 

Commencement date: 1 October 2020

The document can also be accessed from www.saclap.org.za

 

The South African Council for the Landscape Architectural Profession (SACLAP), has in terms of sections 11(b) and 11(c) of the Landscape Architectural Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 45 of 2000) (the Act) prescribed and decided on the following rules according to its powers with regards to registration.

 

With effect from 1 October 2020, all the old Hard copy Registration Certificates and Letters Confirming Registration/Good Standing for both Professionals and Candidates will become null and void, despite the validity date specified on the certificate. They will be replaced by the new digital certificates and seals as detailed below.

 

The Digital Certificate and Letters of Good Standing

New certificates which are more secure will be issued to all registered persons. The first date of issue is from 24 August 2020. The Digital Certificate and Letters of Good Standing are accessed via a unique url and will reflect the time and date of download eliminating the need for further certification. Registered persons have the option to provide any of the following to external parties in order to authenticate and confirm their registration:

 

Added security features

The new certification system has the following security features:

 

The recent effecting of the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act no 4 of 2013, has raised the bar in terms of what personal information can be safely displayed. It is this light that SACLAP has followed the example of many other statutory and professional bodies and redacted some of the personal information such as the ID number, email addresses and the telephone numbers on the certificate by use of asterisks.

 

The addition of asterisks to redact part of the personal details is deemed necessary to protect these details from potential fraudsters wishing to impersonate Registered Persons. The redacted details can still be used, even with the asterisks, to validate that the certificate belongs to a particular registered person as the numbers that do reflect allow a sufficient opportunity to match with those provided to a genuine client of other third party. The redacted information is important because a certificate with no identifying elements can easily be used to impersonate a registered person.

 

Clients and other third parties may check the legitimacy of the certificate by making enquiries with SACLAP using the serial number only.

 

The digital certificate will always display with the current date of download. This feature eradicates the need for further certification

 

 

 

For further information and enquiries, contact

 

The Registrar

The South African Council for the Landscape Architectural Profession (SACLAP)

169 Corobay Avenue

2nd Floor Corobay Corner

Waterkloof Glen 0181

Tel: 087 980 9846

www.saclap.org.za