Cadastral Survey Act 2002

Reprint as at 27 March 2008

Cadastral Survey Act 2002

Public Act2002 No 12
Date of assent16 May 2002
Commencementsee section 2
Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by Land Information New Zealand.

Contents

1 Title

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

2 Commencement

3 Purpose

4 Interpretation

Part 2
Administration

Surveyor-General

5 Surveyor-General

6 Deputy Surveyor-General

7 Functions and duties of Surveyor-General

8 Delegation of Surveyor-General's functions, duties, and powers

Chief executive

9 Functions of chief executive

Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board of New Zealand

10 Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board of New Zealand

11 Functions and duties of Board

12 Powers of Board

13 Membership of Board

14 Further provisions relating to Board and its members

15 Liability of members and employees

16 Application of fees received by Board

17 Fees and allowances

18 Unauthorised expenditure

19 Accounts

20 Annual report

Part 3
Licensing of cadastral surveyors

21 Register of cadastral surveyors

22 Entitlement of applicant for licence

23 Character of applicant

24 Applications for licence

25 Board to consider applications

26 Board to license applicant or decline application

27 Duration of licence

28 Renewal of licence

29 Cadastral surveyor to notify change of business address

30 Amendment of register on change of name and removal of name on request

31 Offences relating to licences

32 Transitional provision: registered surveyors

33 Transitional provision: applications to be registered surveyor

Part 4
Discipline

34 Interpretation

35 Complaints of professional misconduct

36 Vexatious or trivial complaints

37 Procedure if Board accepts complaint

38 Hearing of complaint

39 Disciplinary powers of Board

40 Powers and rights of Board and persons involved in proceedings of Board

41 Appeals from decisions of Board

42 Suspensions and conditions must be entered in register

43 Surrender of licences

44 Publication of orders

45 Copies of rules and procedures to be made available on request

46 Transitional provision

Part 5
Conduct of cadastral surveys

47 General duties in relation to cadastral surveys

48 Regulations

49 Surveyor-General may make rules about conduct of cadastral surveying

50 Transitional provision: Surveyor-General's rules

51 Expiry of section 50

52 Correction of errors in survey

53 Powers of entry for cadastral survey purposes

Part 6
Offences and penalties

54 Obstruction of cadastral surveyor

55 Interference with survey marks

56 False cadastral survey marks

57 Unlicensed persons not to act as licensed cadastral surveyors

58 Offences relating to terms implying person is licensed cadastral surveyor

Infringement offences

59 Infringement offences

60 Commission of infringement offence

61 Infringement notices

62 Payment of infringement fees

63 Regulations

Part 7
Dissolution of Survey Board of New Zealand and New Zealand Institute of Surveyors

64 Dissolution of Survey Board of New Zealand

65 Dissolution of New Zealand Institute of Surveyors

Part 8
Miscellaneous

66 Certification of plans and descriptions

67 Certificate by or on behalf of Board to be evidence of being licensed, etc

68 Consequential amendments and repeals

69 References in other enactments

Schedule 1
Further provisions applying to Board

Schedule 2
Professional misconduct

Schedule 3
Amendments to Survey Act 1986 and Survey Regulations 1998 for purposes of section 50(1)(a)(ii)

Schedule 4
Acts amended

Schedule 5
Enactments repealed or revoked

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