3rd January 2013, 09:25 PM
Is this just something that's happening in Wales? Oddly the only time I've seen a specific requirement to be registered with the IfA (although it wasn't clear if this meant you had to be an RAO or what) was in Wales, and that was just on a standard brief not a local government contract. I've seen plenty of briefs saying 'such-and-such a level of IfA membership' required but with the get out clause 'or equivalent', which does kind of negate it slightly. After all, would putting 'PhD or equivalent' have any meaning? I'm not sure.