ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Geologists Registration Act
11. Qualifications for registration
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
11. Qualifications for registration
(1)Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled, on making an application to the Board in the prescribed form and on payment to the Board of the prescribed fee, to be registered under this Act and to have his name entered in the register as a registered geologist if he is—(a)a member of a Geologists Society the membership of which is recognized for the time being by the Board as furnishing a sufficient guarantee of academic knowledge of, and practical experience in, geological sciences; or(b)a person who—(i)is the holder of a degree, diploma or licence of a university or school of geological sciences which may be recognized for the time being by the Board as furnishing sufficient evidence of an adequate academic training in geological sciences; and(ii)has had not less than two years’ practical experience of such a nature as to satisfy the Board as to his competence to practise as a registered geologist:Provided that not less than two years of the practical experience required by this subparagraph shall have taken place after obtaining the academic qualifications specified in subparagraph (i).(2)Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled, on making an application to the Board in the prescribed form and on payment to the Board of the prescribed fee, to be registered under this Act and to have his name entered in the register as a registered graduate geologist if he is a person to whom subsection (1)(b)(i) applies but is not yet a person to whom either subsection (1)(a) or subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies.(3)Once a person has been registered as a registered graduate geologist under subsection (2) he shall be deemed for all purposes to have been accepted by the Board as being academically qualified for registration as a registered geologist and subsequent acceptance of his name for registration as a registered geologist under subsection (1)(b)(ii) as distinct from its acceptance under the other provisions of subsection (1) shall not be challenged.(4)The Board may require an applicant for registration to satisfy it that his professional and general conduct have been such as, in the opinion of the Board, to make him a fit and proper person to be registered under this Act and the Board may direct the Registrar to postpone the registration of an applicant until it is so satisfied.