Contents (2002 - 83)
Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002 No 83
Status information

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 Administrative Decisions Tribunal for review 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
29 Provision of information by Board
30 Committees
31 Delegation of functions
32 Exclusion of personal liability

Part 6A Appeals against decisions of Tribunal

32A Definitions
32B Application of Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997
32C Right to appeal to Supreme Court
32D Appeals on questions of law
32E Appeals on the merits
32F Appeal does not stay decision appealed against

Part 7 Miscellaneous

33 Annual report
33A Delegation
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38 (Repealed)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 The Board of Surveying and Spatial Information

 Schedule 2 (Repealed)

 Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions

Historical notes