SURVEYING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION ACT 2002 - As at 30 October 2023 - Act 83 of 2002

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 2A Objects of Act
• 3 Definitions
• 3A Meaning of "spatial information"

PART 2 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO CO-ORDINATION, COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN STATE CADASTRAL INFORMATION

• 4 Surveys carried out by Surveyor-General
• 5 Surveys carried out by public authorities
• 6 Details of surveys to be provided to Surveyor-General
• 7 Register of public surveys
• 8 Co-ordination of public surveys
• 9 Maintenance and repair of permanent survey marks
• 9A Correction of survey errors
• 9B Authority for a registered surveyor to act for another in certain circumstances
• 9C Register of public surveys to include details of electoral districts

PART 3 - REGISTRATION OF SURVEYORS

• 10 Application to registration of Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002
• 10A Re-registration after removal for non-payment of registration administration fee
• 11 Investigations
• 12 Professional incompetence
• 13 Professional misconduct
• 14 Applications to Civil and Administrative Tribunal for administrative reviews of determinations
• 15 Register of surveyors
• 16 Evidentiary certificates
• 16A Certain provisions of this Part apply also to former surveyors

PART 4 - ENTRY TO LAND FOR SURVEY PURPOSES

• 17 Surveyor-General
• 18 Registered surveyors
• 19 Manner in which power of entry to be exercised
• 20 Damage to land

PART 5 - OFFENCES

• 21 Unregistered persons not to practise land surveying
• 22 Unregistered persons not to practise mining surveying
• 22A Firms offering land and mining surveying services
• 23 Obstruction of registered surveyors
• 24 Removal etc of survey marks
• 25 Marks in the form of permanent survey marks not to be used without authority
• 26 Exercising powers of entry without certificate of authority

PART 6 - THE BOARD OF SURVEYING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION

• 27 Constitution of Board
• 28 Functions of Board
• 28A Staff
• 29 Provision of information by Board
• 30 Committees
• 31 Delegation of functions
• 32 Exclusion of personal liability

PART 6A - (Repealed)

PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 33 Annual reporting information
• 33A Delegation
• 33B Exemptions by Surveyor-General
• 34 Act binds Crown
• 35 Recovery of money
• 35A Unlawful disclosure of information
• 36 Regulations
• 37 Repeals
38. (Repealed)
• 39 Savings, transitional and other provisions
• 40 Review of Act
• SCHEDULE 1
Schedule 2 (Repealed)
• SCHEDULE 3