SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992  (No 1 of 1992)

- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.   This Act may be cited as the Surveyors (Amendment) Act 1992.  
2.   (1)  Sections 1, 2 and 3 commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.  
3.   In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Surveyors Act 1967.1  
4.   After section 5 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:  
5.   Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsections (1) and (2) "Commonwealth Surveyor-General" and substituting "Chief Surveyor".  
6.   Section 51A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsections (1) and (3) "Surveyor-General" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Chief Surveyor".  

SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- LONG TITLE
An Act to amend the Surveyors Act
1967
 Short title

SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- SECT 1
1.  This Act may be cited as the Surveyors (Amendment) Act 1992.
 Commencement

SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- SECT 2
2.  (1)  Sections 1, 2 and 3 commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.
(2)  The remaining provisions commence on a day fixed by the
Minister by notice in the Gazette.
(3)  If a provision referred to in subsection (2) has not commenced
before the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act
is notified in the Gazette, that provision, by force of this subsection,
commences on the first day after the end of that period.
 Principal Act

SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- SECT 3
3.  In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Surveyors Act 1967.1
 Insertion

SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- SECT 4
4.  After section 5 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
 Chief Surveyor
"5A.  (1)  The Minister may, by instrument, appoint a person to be
the Chief Surveyor.
"(2)  The Minister may, by instrument, appoint a person to act as
Chief Surveyor--
         (a)     during a vacancy in the office of Chief Surveyor, whether or not an
appointment has previously been made to the office; or
         (b)     during any period, or during all periods, when the Chief Surveyor is
absent from duty or from the Territory or is, for any other reason, unable to
perform the functions of that office;
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act
for more than 12 months.
"(3)  A person may not be appointed under subsection (1) or (2)
unless he or she--
         (a)     is a public servant; and
         (b)     is entitled to be registered under Part III.".
 Members of the Board

SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- SECT 5
5.  Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsections (1) and (2) "Commonwealth Surveyor-General" and substituting "Chief Surveyor".
 Chief Surveyor may require production of field notes

SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- SECT 6
6.  Section 51A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsections (1) and (3) "Surveyor-General" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Chief Surveyor".

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SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- NOTES
NOTE

1.    Ordinance No. 34, 1967 as amended by Nos. 7 and 24, 1970; No. 27, 1975;
Nos. 47 and 61, 1976; No. 19, 1977; No. 6, 1978; No. 30, 1984; Nos. 21, 38 and
50, 1989.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on  9 April
1992]

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SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
- NOTES

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
No. 1  of 1992
    

    [Notified in ACT Gazette S 58: 25 May 1992]