Section 8: Registration as estate surveyors and valuers.

(1) Subject to section 15 and to rules made under section 6 (4) of this Act, a person shall be entitled to be registered as an estate surveyor and valuer if-
(a) he passes the qualifying examination for membership recognised or conducted by the Board under this Act and immediately before the commencement of this Act, he was a member of the Institution; or
(b) he holds a qualification granted outside Nigeria which for the time being is accepted by the Board and he is by law entitled to practise for all purposes as an estate surveyor and valuer in the country in which the qualification was granted and, if the Board so requires, he satisfies the Board that he has had sufficient practical experience as an estate surveyor and valuer.
(2) Subject as aforesaid, a person shall be entitled to be registered under this Act if-
(a) he holds a certificate recognised by the Board and has had not less than two years' post-qualification practical experience in the profession; or
(b) he has passed an examination approved by the Board and has had not less than two years' post-qualification practical experience in the profession.
(3) An applicant for registration under this Act shall, in addition to evidence of qualification, satisfy the Board-
(a) that he is of good character;
(b) that he has attained the age of twenty-one years; and
(c) that he has not been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty.
(4) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, provisionally accept a qualification produced in respect of an application for registration under this section, or direct that the application for registration be renewed within such period as may be specified in the direction.
(5) Any entry directed to be made in the register under subsection (4) of this section shall show that registration is provisional, and no entry so made shall be converted into full registration without the consent of the Board specified in writing in that behalf.
(6) The Board shall, from time to time, publish in the Federal Gazette particulars of the qualifications for the time being accepted for registration under this Act.