Section 8: Appointment of Registrar, etc and preparation of the Register.

(1) The Council shall appoint a fit and proper person to be the Registrar of the Institute for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Registrar shall, in addition to his other functions under this Act, be the Secretary to the Council and shall, on the instructions of the President of the Institute or any committee of the Council, convene and keep minutes of the proceedings at all meetings of the Council and committees thereof as the case may be.
(3) The Council may appoint such other persons to be employees of the Institute as the Council may determine to assist the Registrar in the execution of his functions under this Act.
(4) The Registrar shall-
(a) prepare and maintain, in accordance with the rules and regulations made by the Council, a Register of the names, addresses, approved qualifications and such other qualifications and particulars as may be specified in the rules, of all persons who are entitled, in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(b)
enroll all Fellows, Full Members, Associate Members, Graduate Members and Student Members; and
(c) register as Honorary Fellows or Corporate Members those who apply, in the manner prescribed by such rules, to be so registered.
(5) The Register shall consist of seven parts of which the-
(a)
first part shall be in respect of Fellows;
(b) second part shall be in respect of Full Members;
(c) third part shall be in respect of Associate Members;
(d) fourth part shall be in respect of Graduate Members;
(e) fifth part shall be in respect of Honorary Members;
(f) Sixth part shall be in respect of Student Members; and
(g) seventh part shall be in respect of Corporate Members.
(6) Subject to other provisions of this section, the Council shall make rules with respect to the form and keeping of the registers and the making of entries therein, and in particular-
(a) regulating the making of applications for enrolment or registration, as the case may be, and providing for the evidence to be produced in support of the applications;
(b) providing for the notification to the Registrar, by the person to whom any registered particular relates or any change in those particulars;
(c) authorizing an enrolled or registered person to have any qualification which is in relation to the relevant division of the profession, either an approved qualification or an accepted qualification, for the purposes of this Act, registered in relation to his name in addition to, or as he may elect, in substitution for any other qualification so registered;
(d)
specifying the fees including any annual subscription, to be paid to the Institute in respect of the entry of names on the Register and authorizing the Registrar to refuse to enter a name on the Register until any fee specified for the entry has been paid; and
(e) specifying anything failing to be specified under the foregoing provisions of this section; but rules made for the purposes of paragraph (d) of this subsection shall not come into force until they are confirmed at a meeting of the Institute.
(7) The Registrar shall-
(a) correct, in accordance with the Council's directions, any entry in the Register which the Council directs him to correct as being in the Council's opinion an entry which was incorrectly made;
(b)
make, from time to time, any necessary alterations in the registered particulars of registered persons;
(c)
remove from the Register the name of any enrolled or registered person who has died; and
(d) record the names of Members of the Institute who are in default for more than six months in the payment of annual subscriptions, and to take such action in relation thereto (including removal of the names of defaulters from the Register) as the Council may direct or require.
(8) If the Registrar-
(a)
sends by post to any enrolled or registered person a registered letter addressed to him at his enrolled address on the Register, enquiring whether the enrolled registered particulars relating to him are correct and receives no reply to the letter within the period of six months from the date of posting it; and
(b) upon the expiration of that period sends in the like manner to the person in question a second similar letter and receives no reply to that letter within three months from the date of posting it, the Registrar may remove the particulars relating to the person in question from the Register and the Council may direct the Registrar to restore to the appropriate part of the Register any particulars removed there from under this subsection.