Section 7
of Town Planners Registration Order, 2014
Section 7
The functions of the Board are-
{a} to approve or reject applications for registration under this Order;
(b)
to recommend to the Minister the scale of fees to be charged by registered town planners for professional advice and services rendered;
(c} to establish, maintain, develop and improve the standards of professional conduct and ethics of the profession;
(d)
to regulate the conduct of the town planning profession;
(e} to hear and determine itself or to appoint an arbitrator to hear disputes relating to the professional conduct and ethics of registered town planners;
(f)
to represent the profession in any matter in which it may be necessary or expedient;
(g)
to examine, report and make recommendations any other matters affecting the profession;
(h)
to appoint a person to represent it on a body or panel of examiners which may be appointed by any body representing the profession;
(i} to make recommendations to the relevant authority relating to any examination for qualification for admission to the profession;
(j} to appoint members of the Board to sit on a board, committee or body formed for any purpose affecting the profession;
(k} to appoint members of the Board to sit on the board of another professional body;
(l)
to produce, publish and sell planning bulletins or newsletters; and
(m)
generally, to do all such acts, matters and things as it considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Order.
Committees.