Surveyors Regulation 2024 (Qld)

Surveyors Regulation 2024

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Surveyors Regulation 2024.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 September 2024.

Part 2 Membership of board

3 Membership of board— Act , s 12 (1) This section states requirements for section 12(2) of the Act. (2) The board must consist of— (a) 4 cadastral surveyors; and (b) 1 other cadastral surveyor employed in the department; and (c) 1 surveyor with a mining registration endorsement; and (d) 1 other surveyor; and (e) 2 other individuals who represent the interests of the community generally in the conduct and practice of the profession. (3) A surveyor may be appointed as a member only if— (a) the surveyor has been registered as a surveyor for periods totalling at least 5 years; and (b) for a surveyor mentioned in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c)—the surveyor has held the registration endorsement mentioned in that subsection for periods totalling at least 5 years. (4) In this section— mining registration endorsement means any of the following registration endorsements— (a) mining open cut (O); (b) mining underground coal (UC); (c) mining underground metalliferous (Mining UM).

Part 3 Registration and registration endorsements

4 Criteria for registration as emeritus surveyor— Act , s 36 (1) For section 36(3)(c) of the Act, the criteria prescribed are— (a) the individual has been registered as a surveyor under the Act, the repealed Act or a corresponding law— (i) for at least 25 consecutive years; or (ii) for periods the board is satisfied are at least equivalent to the period mentioned in subparagraph (i); and (b) the individual has given the board a written statement notifying the board that the individual has retired from surveying practice; and (c) if the individual is the cadastral surveyor responsible for the survey quality of a relevant plan of survey—the individual has— (i) authorised another person to take the action mentioned in the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003, section 32(1) for the survey; and (ii) given the board a copy of the authorisation. (2) In this section— relevant plan of survey means a plan of survey that— (a) is to be registered under the Land Act 1994 or the Land Title Act 1994; or (b) is required for a purpose under the Mineral Resources Act 1989.