Section 1: Establishment of the Town Planners Registration Council, etc.

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the Town Planners Registration Council (in this Act referred to as "the Council") which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued by the name.
(2) The Council shall be charged with the general duty of-
(a) determining who are town planners for the purposes of this Act;
(b) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the profession of town planning (in this Act referred to as "the profession") and reviewing those standards, from time to time, as circumstances may require;
(c) securing in accordance with this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practice the profession and the publication, from time to time, of lists of those persons;
(d) regulating and controlling the practice of the profession in all its aspects and ramifications;
(e) maintaining, in accordance with this Act, of discipline; and
(f) performing such other functions which in its opinion are calculated to facilitate the carrying on of its activities under this Act.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council shall consist of a President of the Council to be appointed in accordance with section 2 (7) of this Act and the following other members, that is-
(a) one town planner to be appointed by the Minister to represent each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in consultation with the respective State Governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja;
(b) two persons from the Institute, one of whom shall be the current President of the Institute; and
(c) two persons appointed by the Minister of whom at least one is an employee in the Ministry charged with responsibility for matters relating to town planning.
(4) The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the proceedings of the Council and the other matters therein mentioned.