COUNCIL OF NIGERIAN MINING ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS ACT

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COUNCIL OF NIGERIAN MINING ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS ACT

CHAPTER C33 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I -Establishment of the Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists, etc. 

1.       Establishment of the Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists, etc.

2.       Membership of the Council.

3.       Tenure of office of members.

PART II – Powers of the Council

4.       Powers of the Council.

5.       Power of the Minister to give directives to the Council.

PART III – Financial Provisions

6.       Fund of the Council.

7.       Accounts and Audit.

PART IV – Staff of the Council

8.       Registrar and other employees of the Council.

PART V – Register, Registration, etc.

9.       Preparation and maintenance of the register.

10.     Publication of register and lists of corrections.

11.     Registration of mining engineers and geoscientists.

12.     Temporary registration.

PART VI – Training

13.     Approval of courses.

14.     Supervision of institution and examinations leading to approved qualifications.

15.     Power of the Council to consider matters relating to training.

PART VII – Privileges of registered persons and offences by unregistered persons

16.     Certificate invalid if given by unregistered person.

17.     Appointment not to be held by unregistered person.

18.     Prohibition of falsely professing to be a registered person.

19.     Recovery of fees.

20.     Offences.

21.     Burden of proof.

PART VIII – Discipline

22.     Establishment of the Disciplinary Committee and the Investigating Panel.

23.     Proceedings of the Disciplinary Committee.

24.     Penalties for unprofessional conduct.

25.     Restoration of names to the register.

26.     Striking off entries from the register on grounds of fraud or error.

27.     Appeal to the Federal High Court.

PART IX – Supplementary

28.     Regulations, etc.

29.     Interpretation.

30.     Short title.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SHEDULE — Supplementary Provisions relating to the Council

SECOND SCHEDULE — Application for registration as a mining engineer or geoscientist

THIRD SCHEDULE — Certificate of Registration

FOURTH SCHEDULE — Supplementary provisions relating to the Disciplinary Committee and the Investigating Panel 

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COUNCIL OF NIGERIAN MINING ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS ACT

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists and for the control of the practice of the profession of mining engineering and geosciences in Nigeria. 

[1990 No. 40.]

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[Commencement]                              [30th December, 1990]           

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