Section 15: Rule as to articles, etc.

(1) The Council may make rules for-
(a) the training with registered members of the Institute of suitable persons in the practice of public analysis;
(b) the supervision and regulation of the engagement, training and transfer of such person.
(2) The Council may also make rules-
(a) prescribing the amount and date for payment of the annual subscription and annual renewal of a studentship and for such purpose, different amounts may be prescribed by the rules for a fellow, member, associate, honorary member, honorary fellow or student of the Institute;
(b) prescribing the form of licence to practice to be issued annually or, if the Council thinks fit, by endorsement on an existing licence;
(c) restricting the right to practise as a member of the profession if in default of payment of the amount of the annual subscription where the default continues for longer than such period as may be prescribed by the rules;
(d) restricting the right to practise as a member of the profession if the qualification granted outside Nigeria does not entitle the holder to practise as a public analyst; and
(e)
prescribing the period of practical training in the office of a member of the Institute in practice to be completed before a person qualified for a licence to practise as a public analyst.
(3) Rules when made shall, if the chairman of the Council so directs, be published in the Gazette.