Section 1: Establishment of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria.

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (hereafter in this Act referred to as "the Council").
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and shall be charged with the general duty of-
(a) determining who are builders for the purposes of this Act;
(b) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as builders and reviewing those standards, from time to time, as circumstances may permit;
(c) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practice as builders and the publication, from time to time, of lists of those persons;
(d) regulating and controlling the practice of the building technology profession in all its aspects and ramifications; and
(e) performing such other functions conferred on the Council by this Act.