Section 13: Approval of courses

(1)
Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Council may approve for the purposes of section 11 of this Act-
(a) any course of training which is intended for persons seeking to become members of the profession under this Decree and which the Council considers is designed to confer on persons completing it sufficient knowledge and skill for the practice of the relevant profession;
(b) any institution either in Nigeria or elsewhere, which the Council considers is properly organised and equipped for conducting the whole or any part of the course of training approved by the Council under this section; or
(c)
any qualification which, as a result of examination taken in conjunction with the course of training approved by the Council under this section, is granted to candidates reaching a standard at the examination indicating, in the opinion of the Council, that they have sufficient knowledge and skill to practise the relevant profession.
(2)
The Council 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 Council 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 Council shall-
(a) give notice that it proposes to do so to the person 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 Council, 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any period during which the approval of the Council under this section for a course, institution or qualification is withdrawn, the course, institution or qualification shall not be treated as approved under this section; but the withdrawal of such an approval shall not prejudice the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 of any person who by virtue of the approval was registered or was eligible for registration immediately before the approval was withdrawn.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 Council may specify in the instrument, and the Council 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.