Section 12: Approval of courses

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Board may approve for the purposes of section 10 of this Act-
(a) any course of training which is intended for persons seeking to become members of the profession under this Act and which the Board considers is designed to confer on persons completing it sufficient knowledge and skill for the practice of the profession;
(b) any institution either in Nigeria or elsewhere, which the Board considers is properly organised and equipped for conducting the whole or any part of the course of training approved by the Board under this section; or
(c)
any qualification which, as a result of examination taken in conjunction with the course of training approved by the Board under this section, is granted to candidates reaching a standard at the examination indicating, in the opinion of the Board, that they have sufficient knowledge and skill to practise the profession.
(2) The Board shall, from time to time, publish in the Gazette a list of qualifications relating to the profession approved by it for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.
(3)
The Board may, if it thinks fit, withdraw any approval given under this section in respect of any course, qualification or institution but before withdrawing such an approval the Board shall-
(a)
give notice that it proposes to do so to persons by whom the course is conducted or the qualification is granted or the institution is controlled, as the case may be;
(b) afford each such person an opportunity of making to the Board representations with regard to the proposal; and
(c) take into consideration any representations made as respects the proposal in pursuance of paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(4) As respects any period during which the approval of the Board under this section for a course, institution or qualification is withdrawn, the course, institution or qualification shall not be treated as approved under this section; but the withdrawal of such an approval shall not prejudice the registration or eligibility for registration of any person who by virtue of the approval was registered or eligible for registration immediately before the approval was withdrawn.
(5) The giving or withdrawal of an approval under this section shall have effect from such date, after the execution of the instrument signifying the giving or withdrawal of the approval, as the Board may specify in the instrument, and the Board shall-
(a) as soon as may be, publish a copy of every instrument in the Gazette; and
(b) not later than seven days before its publication as aforesaid, send a copy of the instrument to the Minister.