2009 THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (As presented) (Minister for Planning) Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 Contents Page 1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Legislation amended 2 4 Registration condition Section 9 (1) 2 5 Section 9 (2) 2 6 Section 9 (3) and (4) 3 7 Continuation notice reminders Section 18 (2) (b) (i) and (ii) 3 8 Section 18 (2) (c) 3 9 Annual continuation notice for registration Section 19 4 10 Section 20 4 J2008-891 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] Page 11 Lifting s 20 suspension Section 21 (3), except notes 4 12 Grounds for occupational discipline Section 26 (1) (b) and (c) 5 13 New section 26 (3) 5 14 Dictionary, definition of chief surveyor 5 15 Dictionary, new definition of surveyor-general 6 16 Further amendments, mentions of chief surveyor 6 Schedule 1 Consequential amendments 7 Part 1.1 Districts Act 2002 7 Part 1.2 Electoral Act 1992 8 Part 1.3 Land Titles Act 1925 9 Part 1.4 Legislation Act 2001 9 contents 2 Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (As presented) (Minister for Planning) Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 A Bill for An Act to amend the Surveyors Act 2007, and for other purposes The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows: J2008-891 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] 1 1 Name of Act 2 This Act is the Surveyors Amendment Act 2009. 3 2 Commencement 4 This Act commences on the day after its notification day. 5 Note The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on 6 the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)). 7 3 Legislation amended 8 This Act amends the Surveyors Act 2007. 9 Note This Act also amends other legislation (see sch 1). 10 4 Registration condition 11 Section 9 (1) 12 omit 13 guidelines 14 substitute 15 directions 16 5 Section 9 (2) 17 omit 18 make guidelines 19 substitute 20 give directions page 2 Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] 1 6 Section 9 (3) and (4) 2 omit 3 guideline 4 substitute 5 direction 6 7 Continuation notice reminders 7 Section 18 (2) (b) (i) and (ii) 8 substitute 9 (i) that the surveyor must give the chief surveyor a 10 continuation notice before 1 September in the financial 11 year if the surveyor intends to continue to be registered in 12 the financial year; 13 (ii) that the surveyor's registration will be automatically 14 suspended on 1 November in the financial year if the 15 surveyor does not give the chief surveyor a continuation 16 notice for the financial year before 1 November in the 17 financial year; 18 8 Section 18 (2) (c) 19 substitute 20 (c) set out any fee determined for giving a continuation notice, 21 including any higher fee for late payment. Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 page 3 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] 1 9 Annual continuation notice for registration 2 Section 19 3 omit 4 Before the beginning of a financial year, 5 substitute 6 Before 1 September in a financial year, 7 10 Section 20 8 substitute 9 20 No continuation notice before 1 November 10 (1) This section applies if a surveyor has not given the chief surveyor a 11 continuation notice for a financial year before 1 November in the 12 financial year. 13 (2) The surveyor's registration is automatically suspended on 14 1 November in the financial year. 15 11 Lifting s 20 suspension 16 Section 21 (3), except notes 17 substitute 18 (3) The suspension ends when the surveyor gives the chief surveyor the 19 notice and the registration is taken to have continued in force as if it 20 had not been suspended under section 20. page 4 Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] 1 12 Grounds for occupational discipline 2 Section 26 (1) (b) and (c) 3 omit 4 a survey 5 substitute 6 a survey or a measurement survey 7 13 New section 26 (3) 8 insert 9 (3) In this section: 10 measurement survey means an activity that includes any of the 11 following: 12 (a) taking measurements of distance, height, depth, level or 13 direction in relation to land, including the air space above land 14 and the subsurface below land and land covered by water; 15 (b) inserting survey marks in or on land; 16 (c) recording any measurements taken under paragraph (a) and the 17 location of any survey marks inserted under subparagraph (b); 18 (d) collating any measurements and locations recorded under 19 subparagraph (c); 20 (e) preparing plans or other documents to illustrate the results of 21 any measurements taken, or the location of any survey marks 22 inserted, under this paragraph. 23 14 Dictionary, definition of chief surveyor 24 omit Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 page 5 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] 1 15 Dictionary, new definition of surveyor-general 2 insert 3 surveyor-general means the surveyor-general appointed under 4 section 59. 5 16 Further amendments, mentions of chief surveyor 6 omit 7 chief surveyor 8 substitute 9 surveyor-general 10 in 11 · sections 6 to 11 12 · sections 14 and 15 13 · sections 18 to 24 14 · sections 26 to 28 15 · sections 41 to 43 16 · sections 53 to 56 17 · part 5 heading 18 · sections 59 to 61 19 · sections 63 to 65 20 · sections 67 to 69 21 · section 74 22 · section 78 23 · section 81 page 6 Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] Districts Act 2002 Part 1.1 Amendment [1.1] 1 Schedule 1 Consequential amendments 2 (see s 3) 3 Part 1.1 Districts Act 2002 4 [1.1] Section 7 (3) and (4) 5 omit 6 chief surveyor 7 substitute 8 surveyor-general 9 [1.2] Section 18 (1) 10 omit 11 chief surveyor 12 substitute 13 surveyor-general 14 [1.3] Dictionary, note 2 15 omit 16 · chief surveyor 17 [1.4] Dictionary, note 2 18 insert 19 · surveyor-general Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 page 7 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] Part 1.2 Electoral Act 1992 Amendment [1.5] 1 Part 1.2 Electoral Act 1992 2 [1.5] Section 39 (3) (c) and (5) 3 omit 4 chief surveyor 5 substitute 6 surveyor-general 7 [1.6] Section 39 (5) 8 omit 9 chief surveyor's 10 substitute 11 surveyor-general's 12 [1.7] Section 47 (3) 13 omit 14 chief surveyor 15 substitute 16 surveyor-general 17 [1.8] Section 47 (3) 18 omit 19 chief surveyor's 20 substitute 21 surveyor-general's page 8 Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] Land Titles Act 1925 Part 1.3 Amendment [1.9] 1 Part 1.3 Land Titles Act 1925 2 [1.9] Section 64 (7) 3 omit 4 chief surveyor 5 substitute 6 surveyor-general 7 Part 1.4 Legislation Act 2001 8 [1.10] Dictionary, part 1, definition of chief surveyor 9 omit 10 [1.11] Dictionary, part 1, new definition of surveyor-general 11 insert 12 surveyor-general means the surveyor-general under the Surveyors 13 Act 2007. Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 page 9 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au [Page Break] 1 Presentation speech Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 2009. 2 Notification Notified under the Legislation Act on 2009. 3 Republications of amended laws For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au. © Australian Capital Territory 2009 page 10 Surveyors Amendment Bill 2009 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel--also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au