COUNSELLING PRACTITIONERS COUNCIL OF NIGERIA ACT, 2022
Section 13: Registration of temporary practitioners.
(1) Where a person satisfies the Council that he -
(a) has been selected for employment for a specified period in a capacity in which a person registered as a Counsellor under this Act is qualified to be employed and that he is or intends to be in Nigeria temporarily for the purpose of serving for that period in the employment in question;
(b) holds a qualification or has passed the necessary examination;
(c) obtained some qualification granted outside Nigeria which is for the time being accepted by the Council as respects the capacity in which if employed, he is to serve, the Council may, if it deems fit, give a direction that the person shall be temporarily registered as a Counsellor.
(2) The temporary registration of a person shall continue while the person is in employment as is mentioned in subsection (1) (a) and shall cease at the end of the period of the employment specified by the Council under this section or the prior determination of the employment whichever occurs.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall preclude the Council from giving a further direction under subsection (1) in respect of specified period, whose commencement coincides with the termination or prior determination of another employment.
(4) A person who is temporarily registered shall, in relation to his employment and to things done or omitted to be done in the course of that employment, be deemed to be fully registered, but in relation to all matters, he shall be treated as not so registered.
(5) In determining whether a person's employment has been terminated, the decision of the Council is conclusive for the purpose of subsection (2).
(6) The Registrar, as directed by the Council, shall remove from the register, the name of any person ceasing to be entitled to the benefit of this section.
Cite this section
Section 13, COUNSELLING PRACTITIONERS COUNCIL OF NIGERIA ACT, 2022 (2022).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/counselling-practitioners-council-of-nigeria-act-2022/section/13/