Licensed Surveyors (General Surveying Practice) Regulations 1961 (WA)

Western Australia Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 Licensed Surveyors (General Surveying Practice) Regulations 1961 Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 6 December 2013

Western Australia Licensed Surveyors (General Surveying Practice) Regulations 1961 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary matters 1. Citation 1 3. Terms used 1 Part 2 — General duties of surveyors 3A. Guidelines 3 4. Duties of surveyors 3 5. Accuracy 4 6. Knowledge of relevant legislation 4 7. Other instructions 5 Part 3 — Field records 8. Keeping and lodging field records for authorised surveys 6 9. Distances 7 12. Calculated or original values 7 16. Names 7 17. Certification of field record 7 Part 4 — Field work 20. Calibration 9 22. Connection to old alignment 9 22A. Connections to standard survey marks 9 22B. Re‑establishment using standard survey marks 10 23. Remarking connecting boundary between old and new surveys 10 24A. Additional reference marks in relation to corners 11 25. Re-establishment of original Crown surveys 11 25A. Certificates relating to re‑establishment surveys 12 26. New alignments 13 26A. Special surveys 13 27. Azimuth 14 28. Old surveys: adjustment of distances 14 29. Old surveys: adjustment of angles 15 34. Limits of error of closure 15 35. Distribution of miscloses 16 35A. Calculation of areas 16 Part 5 — Survey marks Division 1 — Marking boundaries generally 36. Specification of survey marks 17 37. Placement of reference marks 19 38. Specifications of reference marks 19 39. Intermediate marks 20 40A. Streets, rights‑of‑way, pedestrian access ways, drainage reserves and railways: additional requirements 20 40. Kilometre posts 21 41. Shorter boundaries 21 42. Road surveys 22 Division 2 — Marking lease boundaries 47. Marking boundaries of pastoral and timber leases 22 Division 3 — Other matters relating to marking 48. Positioning of marks 23 49. Methods of marking 23 50. Line clearing 23 51. Damage to survey marks 23 53A. Certificate required if plan not lodged within 2 years 24 Part 6 — Drafting 54. Certificate on plan 25 55. Drafting 25 Part 7 — Surveys of land in special survey areas 55A. Application of this Part 26 55BA. Early lodgment for dealings 26 55BB. Standard requirements for survey 26 55B. Field records for subdivisions in special survey areas 27 55C. Network summary 28 55E. Final survey certificate 28 55F. Lodgment of final survey certificate and field record 29 Part 8 — Miscellaneous matters 56. Grounds for disciplinary action 30 Notes Compilation table 31 Defined terms Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 6 December 2013