New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SURVEYING ACT 2002 - SECT 18

18 Registered surveyors

(1) A registered surveyor, together with his or her assistants:

(a) may enter any land, including any building or structure on which a survey mark is located, and

(b) may take measurements in or from any such land, and

(c) may search for and, if necessary, uncover any existing survey marks in or on any such land, and

(d) may insert new survey marks in or on any such land,

for the purpose of carrying out any land survey or mining survey.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), this section does not entitle a registered surveyor, or any such assistant, to enter any building or structure, other than a building or structure referred to in subsection (1) (a).

(3) In the case of a survey for the purpose of determining the position of a wall, or for defining a boundary that is otherwise inaccessible, a registered surveyor may enter any building or structure.