Section 11: Registration of mining engineers and geoscientists

(1)
Subject to section 25 and to rules made under section 9 (3) of this Act, a person shall be entitled to be fully registered as a mining engineer or geoscientist if-
(a)
he passes the qualifying examination for registration recognised or conducted by the Council, and-
(i) has not less than two years' post-qualification experience in the relevant profession; or
(ii) has served in a recognised institution or organisation for the same period;
(b) he holds a qualification granted outside Nigeria which for the time being is accepted by the Council and he is by law entitled to practise for all purposes as a mining engineer or geoscientist in the country in which the qualification was granted and, if the Council so requires, he satisfies the Council that he has had sufficient practical experience as a mining engineer or geoscientist.
(2)
Subject as aforesaid, a person shall also be entitled to be registered under this Act as a mining engineer or geoscientist if-
(a)
he holds a certificate recognised by the Council and has not less than two years' post-qualification practical experience in the relevant profession or served for not lees than the same period under any recognised mining engineering or geosciences institution or organisation; or
(b)
he has passed an examination approved by the Council and has not less than two years' post-qualification practical experience in the relevant profession or served for not less than the same period in a recognised mining engineering or geosciences institution or organisation.
(3)
An application for registration as a mining engineer or geoscientist shall be in the form specified in the Second Schedule to this Act and on the payment of such fees as may be determined, from time to time, by the Council.
[Second Schedule.]
(4)
An applicant for registration under this Act shall satisfy the Council that he-
(a) is of good character;
(b) has attained the age of twenty-one years;
(c) has not been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of any criminal offence; and
(d) is a current member of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society.
(5)
A person shall be entitled to be registered provisionally under this Act if-
(a) he holds a certificate recognised by the Council; or
(b)
he has passed an examination conducted or approved by the Council, and has not had two years' post-qualification practical experience in the profession or served for less than the same period in a recognised mining engineering or geosciences institution or organisation.
(6) Any entry made in the register under subsection (5) of this section shall show that the registration is provisional, and no entry so made shall be converted to full registration without the consent of the Council specified in writing in that behalf.
(7)
The Council shall, from time to time, publish in the Gazette particulars of the qualifications for the time being accepted for registration under this Act.
(8)
The Council shall cause any person registered as a mining engineer or geoscientist to be issued a certificate of registration as specified in the Third Schedule to this Act.
[Third Schedule.]