Section 9: Approval of courses, qualifications and institutions.

(1) The Council may approve for the purposes of section 5 of this Act-
(a) any course of training which is intended for persons who are seeking to become or are already qualified as town planners;
(b) any institution, either in Nigeria or elsewhere, which the Council may consider is properly organised and equipped for conducting the whole or any part of a course of training approved by the Council under this section;
(c) any qualification obtained as a result of examinations taken in conjunction with a course of training approved by the Council under this section certifying that the holder has in the opinion of the Council attained a standard of knowledge and skill sufficient to practice town planning as a profession.
(2) The Council shall from time to time publish in the Federal Gazette a list of qualifications approved by it as aforesaid.
(3) The Council 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 Council shall-
(a) give notice that it proposes to do so to the person appearing to the Council to be the person by whom the course is conducted or the qualification is granted or the institution is controlled, in Nigeria, as the case may be;
(b) afford such person an opportunity of making representations to the Council with regard to the proposal; and
(c) take into consideration any representations made as respects the proposal in pursuance of the last foregoing paragraph.
(4) As respects any period during which the approval of the Council under this section for a course, qualification or institution is withdrawn, the course, qualification or institution shall not be treated as approved under this section; but the withdrawal of such an approval shall not prejudice the registration or 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(either unconditionally or subject to his obtaining a certificate of experience) immediately before the approval was withdrawn.
(5) 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 Council may specify in the instrument; and the Council 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.