Section 9: Approval of courses, qualifications and institutions

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Board may approve for the purpose of section 7 of this Act-
(a) any course of training which is intended for persons who are seeking to become, or are already members of the quantity surveying profession, and which the Board considers is designed to confer on persons completing it, sufficient knowledge and skill for the practice of that profession or for the practice as members of a specialised branch of that profession;
(b) any institution either in Nigeria or elsewhere, which the Board considers is properly organised and equipped for conducting the whole or any part of a course of training approved by the Board; or
(c) any qualification which, as a result of an examination taken in conjunction with the course of training approved by the Board under this section, is granted to candidates reaching a standard at the examination indicating in the opinion of the Board that they have sufficient knowledge and skill to practise quantity surveying as a profession.
(2) The Board shall from time to time publish in the Federal Gazette a list of qualifications, courses and institutions in the profession of quantity surveying approved by it, and subject thereto the Board shall not approve for the purposes of subsection (1) (b) of this section, a qualification granted by an institution in Nigeria unless the qualification has been so published by the Board.
(3) The Board 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 Board shall-
(a) give notice that it proposes to do so to persons appearing to the Board to be persons 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 Board representations with regard to the proposal; and
(c) take into consideration any representations made in relation to proposal in pursuance of subsection (4) of this section.
(4) As respects any period during which the approval of the Board under this section is withdrawn, such course, institution or qualification shall not be treated as approved under this section.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, the withdrawal of any approval shall not prejudice the registration of eligibility for registration of any person who by virtue of the approval was registered or eligible for registration (either unconditionally or subject to his obtaining a certificate of experience) immediately before the approval was withdrawn.
(6) 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 Board may specify in that instrument and the Board shall-
(a) as soon as may be publish a copy of every such instrument in the Federal Gazette; and
(b) not later than seven days before its publication as aforesaid, send a copy of the instrument to the Minister for approval.