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Surveying Act 2002.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
New South Wales
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002 (2007)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to make provision with respect to the functions of the Surveyor-General, the registration of surveyors, the control of surveys and the constitution and functions of the Board of Surveyors and Spatial Information; to repeal the Surveyors Act 1929 , the Survey Co-ordination Act 1949 and certain other Acts and instruments; to make consequential amendments to certain other Acts and instruments; and for other purposes.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Survey/mapping Institution Enforcement/compliance Access right
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act consists of 40 sections and is divided into seven Parts: Preliminary; Public surveys; Registration of surveyors; Entry to land for survey purposes; Offences; The Board of Surveying and Spatial Information and Miscellaneous. The Act repeals the Surveyors Act 1929 and related instruments and makes consequential amendments to other Acts. The Act provides for the constitution and functions of the Board of Surveyors and Spatial Information. The Board is responsible for the registration of surveyors, the investigation of surveyors' registration and licensing schemes, the investigation of complaints against registered surveyors and the taking of disciplinary action against registered surveyors.

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.edu.au