New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SURVEYING ACT 2002 - SECT 36

36 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) In particular, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following:

(a) the practices to be followed in the conduct of surveys,

(b) the form in which survey plans are to be prepared,

(c) the competencies, qualifications and experience that a person must have to be eligible for registration as a surveyor,

(d) the conduct of tests and examinations by or on behalf of the Board,

(e) the functions of the Surveyor-General,

(f) the form and construction of permanent survey marks and other survey marks used in connection with the carrying out of surveys,

(g) the form in which certificates of authority are to be issued for the purposes of section 26,

(h) the conditions to be imposed on a surveyor’s registration under this Act, including conditions with respect to continuing professional development,

(i) the manner and form in which complaints may be made to the Board with respect to the conduct of a registered surveyor and the manner in which those complaints are to be dealt with,

(j) the fees payable under this Act.

(3) A regulation under subsection (2) (a), (b), (c) or (d) with respect to mining surveys or formal mining survey plans may only be made following consultation between the Minister administering this Act and the Minister or Ministers administering the following Acts:

(a) the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 ,

(b) the Mines Inspection Act 1901 ,

(d) the Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 .

(4) A regulation may apply, adopt or incorporate any publication as in force from time to time.