Public Sector Management (Surveyor-General’s Department) Order 1997
Gazette No 148 of 17.12.1997, p 10079
This Order is the Public Sector Management (Surveyor-General’s Department) Order 1997.
This Order commences on 2 January 1998.
3 Establishment of new department
The Surveyor-General’s Department is established as a department of the Public Service.
4 Amendment of Schedule 1 (Departments)
Schedule 1 to the Public Sector Management Act 1988 is amended by inserting in alphabetical order of departments the following matter:
Surveyor-General’s Department
Surveyor-General
5 Transfer of branch to new department
The Land Information Centre is removed from the Department of Land and Water Conservation and added to the Surveyor-General’s Department.
6 Responsible Minister: section 55C
The Minister for Regional Development is to be the Minister responsible for the Surveyor-General’s Department.
7 Construction of certain references
(1) In this clause, document means any Act or statutory instrument, or any other instrument, or any contract or agreement.(2) In any document, a reference to the Minister for Land and Water Conservation is to be construed as a reference to the Minister for Regional Development if the reference is used in or in relation to legislation administered by the latter Minister.(3) In any document, a reference to the Department of Land and Water Conservation is to be construed as a reference to the Surveyor-General’s Department if the reference is used in or in relation to legislation administered by the Minister for Regional Development.(4) The reference to the Department of Lands in the definition of Surveyor-General in section 2 of the Survey Co-ordination Act 1949 is to be construed as a reference to the Surveyor-General’s Department.