Section 10: Approval of qualifications

(1) The Council may approve any qualification under this Act and may, for that purpose, approve any -
(a) course of training in any institution approved by NUC, COREN, or NBTE which is intended for persons seeking to become members of the profession as the Council considers necessary to confer on persons completing it, sufficient knowledge and skill for registration with the Institute; and
(b) qualification which as a result of an examination taken in conjunction with a course of training approved by the Council under this section is granted to candidates having reached a standard at the examination which, in the opinion of the Council. the candidate has sufficient knowledge and skill to be registered with the Institute.
(2) The Council may, if it deems fit, withdraw any approval given under this section in respect of any course or qualification of the Institute, but before withdrawing such approval, the Council shall -
(a) give notice that it proposes to do so, to each person in Nigeria appearing to the Council to be a person by whom the course is conducted or the qualification is granted or the institution is controlled;
(b) afford such a person an opportunity of making to the Council representations concerning the proposal; and
(c) take into consideration any representations made in respect of the proposal under paragraph (b).
(3) A course, qualification or institution shall not be recognised as approved during any period when the approval is withdrawn under subsection (2).
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), the withdrawal of an approval under subsection (2) shall not prejudice the registration or eligibility for registration of any person who, under the approval, was registered or eligible for registration, either unconditionally or subject to obtaining a certificate or to obtaining a certificate or experience, immediately before the approval was withdrawn.
(5) The granting or withdrawal of an approval under this section shall have effect from that date whether before or after the execution of the instrument signifying the giving or withdrawal of the approval, as the Council may specify in the instrument and the Council shall -
(a) immediately publish a copy of every such instrument; and
(b) not later than seven days before its publication, send a copy of the instrument to the institution affected.