Survey Co-Ordination Regulations 2014

Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2014

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table of provisions

Regulation Page

Part 1—Preliminary 1

1 Objective 1

2 Authorising provision 1

3 Definitions 2

Part 2—Permanent Marks 3

4 Permanent marks 3

5 Establishment of permanent marks 3

6 Registration and numbering of permanent marks 4

7 Permanent mark sketch plan 5

8 Removal, replacement or irregularity in position of permanent marks 7

Part 3—Surveys 8

9 Notice of intention to commence survey 8

10 Bearings of surveys 8

11 Connections of surveys to permanent marks 8

12 Survey equipment 9

13 Connections of surveys within or contiguous to proclaimed survey areas 9

14 Plan forms 10

15 Classification of surveys and plans 11

16 Form of central plan register 11

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SCHEDULES 12

SCHEDULE 1—Permanent Survey Mark Types 12

SCHEDULE 2 16

SCHEDULE 3 17

Notice of Intention to Commence Survey* 17

Notice that Survey has been Commenced* 17

SCHEDULE 4 18

SCHEDULE 5—Trimmed Sheet Sizes 22

SCHEDULE 6—Table for the Classification of Plans under Regulation17(3) 23

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Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2014

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The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 20 May 2014

Responsible Minister:

MATTHEW GUY

Minister for Planning

CHIARA EDWARDS

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Objective

The objective of these Regulations is—

(a) to provide for standards of measurement and accuracy of certain surveys; and

(b) to provide for the connection of certain surveys to existing surveys, standard traverses and permanent marks; and

2 Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 22 of the Survey Co-ordination Act 1958.

3 Definitions

In these Regulations—

cadastral survey means a cadastral survey within the meaning of the Surveying Act 2004;

local traverse means a survey, other than a standard traverse, connecting two or more permanent marks;

Map Grid of Australia 1994 (MGA 1994) means the system of rectangular co-ordinates derived from a Universal Transverse Mercator projection of Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA 94) latitudes and longitudes that are based on the datum (GDA) defined in the notice of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping published in Commonwealth Government Gazette Number GN 35 of 6September 1995 at page 3369;

registered permanent mark means a permanent mark registered in accordance with regulation 6;

Registrar of Titles has the same meaning as in the Transfer of Land Act 1958;

standard traverse means a survey defined in terms of the Australian Map Grid or the Map Grid of Australia 1994;

Surveyor-General has the same meaning as in the Surveying Act 2004;

the Act means the Survey Co-ordination Act 1958.

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Part 2—Permanent Marks

4 Permanent marks

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A permanent mark established under the Act must be—

(a) of a durable, permanent and stable construction and material; and

(b) in the form of a monument in Schedule 1, or if such monuments are not practical, other survey monuments as adopted or authorised by the Surveyor-General in accordance with section 15 of the Act.

5 Establishment of permanent marks

(1) A permanent mark established under the Act must be registered in accordance with regulation 6.

(2) A permanent mark established under the Act must be in a place—

(a) where it is least likely to be subject to damage, disturbance or removal or to constitute a hazard; and

(b) that facilitates horizontal and vertical connections to existing and future marks; and

(d) that provides the most stable location available.

(3) If a box-cover is used to protect a permanent mark, it must—

(a) be constructed of durable and permanent material; and

(b) be constructed in a rigid manner enabling the maximum protection that is practicable to be afforded to the permanent mark; and

(c) be set centrally over the permanent mark with the top of the cover flush with the ground or surface on which it is set and the base not less than 50millimetres above the top of the permanent mark.

(4) If a marker post or indicator is used to locate or protect a permanent mark, the marker post or indicator must be placed vertically in the ground where it does not constitute a hazard, not less than 300millimetres from the centre of the permanent mark and independent of any medium in which the permanent mark is set.

(5) Permanent marks on surveys of 1500 metres or more in length must be placed so that no two marks are more than 1500 metres apart unless the Surveyor-General directs under section 6(1)(b) of the Act the establishment of other intervals.

6 Registration and numbering of permanent marks

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(1) The Surveyor-General must ensure that each permanent mark is assigned a registration number and registered at the Central Plan Office (CPO).

(2) A surveyor or proper officer must—

(a) apply to the Surveyor-General for a permanent mark registration number prior to lodging a sketch plan at the Central Plan Office; and

(b) include the registration number of the permanent mark on the sketch plan or the supplementary sketch plan.

7 Permanent mark sketch plan

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(1) A surveyor or proper officer responsible for the establishment of a permanent mark must ensure that a separate sketch plan for the permanent mark is prepared and forwarded to the Surveyor-General within one month after the establishment of the permanent mark.

(2) A surveyor or proper officer who locates an existing permanent mark that is not a registered permanent mark must ensure that a separate sketch plan for the permanent mark is prepared and forwarded to the Surveyor-General within onemonth after the location of the permanent mark.

(3) A sketch plan must—

(a) be set out in a notice that—

(i) is in the form of Schedule 2; and

(ii) sets out the particulars in Schedule 2; and

(iii) is certified by the surveyor who established or located the permanent mark—

(A) that the information in the notice is correct; and

(B) that the permanent mark was established or located on the ground by the surveyor in accordance with these Regulations; and

(C) that the connecting measurements and observations were made by the surveyor in accordance with these Regulations; and

(b) show the type or description of the permanent mark with sufficient connections to the nearest road intersection, buildings, fences, poles, survey marks, survey monuments, or other permanent marks to enable the future location of the permanent mark and the recording of the mark on plans; and

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(d) show a connection to either the nearest Crown allotment boundary or named street or road; and

(e) show all lengths in metres; and

(f) indicate the existence of any marker post, indicator or box-cover; and

(g) specify the registration number for the permanent mark allocated by the Surveyor-General; and

(h) be capable of legible reproduction by photographic or other methods.

(4) A surveyor who for the purposes of the Act obtains additional connections to an existing permanent mark or surrounding features must prepare and forward to the Surveyor-General a supplementary sketch plan in the form of Schedule 2, within one month after obtaining the additional connections.

(5) The supplementary sketch plan must be set out in a notice that—

(a) is in the form of Schedule 2; and

(b) sets out the particulars in Schedule 2; and

(d) is certified by the surveyor who made the connecting measurements and observations that the information in the notice is correct.

8 Removal, replacement or irregularity in position of permanent marks

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(1) For the purposes of the proviso to section 16 of the Act, when a permanent mark is removed the following procedures must be observed—

(a) the surveyor or proper officer wherever practicable must notify the Surveyor-General before the removal; and

(b) if required by the Surveyor-General, a surveyor must relate the permanent mark horizontally and vertically to adjacent survey monuments and survey marks before the mark is removed and connections must conform to not less than the standard of precision of the survey used for establishing the recorded position of the permanent mark.

(2) If required by the Surveyor-General, a new permanent mark is to be established in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Act to replace the mark removed and a sketch plan prepared in accordance with regulation 7.

(3) The surveyor or proper officer must notify the Surveyor-General in writing within one month after the removal and replacement (if any) of a permanent mark giving particulars of the relationship between the permanent mark removed and the new permanent mark.

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Part 3—Surveys

9 Notice of intention to commence survey

For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, notice of intention to commence a survey or notice that a survey has commenced must be in the form of Schedule 3.

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10 Bearings of surveys

(1) A surveyor carrying out a survey for registration under the Act must use the appropriate zone of the Australian Map Grid or the Map Grid of Australia 1994 in column 2 of the table in Schedule 4 for the survey.

(2) Parishes shown in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 are deemed to lie wholly within the zone indicated in column 2 of the table.

11 Connections of surveys to permanent marks

(1) If connecting a survey to a permanent mark, a surveyor must—

(a) connect the survey to the mark in a manner consistent with regulation 7 of the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2005[1]; and

(b) unless connecting in a closed traverse, include at least one independent verifying check measurement.

(2) For a planimetric survey undertaken by a surveyor, that is to be lodged with either the Registrar of Titles or the Surveyor-General, and connects to two or more permanent marks—

(a) the connections must be sufficient for the determination of bearing and distance between those marks; and

(b) appropriate bearings and distances must be shown on the field notes and the plan of the survey.

12 Survey equipment

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A surveyor must use and maintain survey equipment that—

(a) has been compared to the following units of measurement—

(i) for length—metres; and

(ii) for plane angles—degrees, minutes and seconds; and

(b) is capable of achieving the levels of precision required by regulation 7 of the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2005.

13 Connections of surveys within or contiguous to proclaimed survey areas

(1) For the purposes of section 12(3)(a) of the Act, a survey within or contiguous to a proclaimed survey area must be directly connected to at least two permanent marks on a standard or local traverse that are—

(a) properly verified as to position at the time of survey; and

(b) at least 200 metres apart; and

(c) within a 500 metre radius of the survey or a greater distance from the survey if the connection to the survey can be made by establishing no more than three instrument points from each permanent mark.

(2) For the purposes of an indirect connection to a traverse authorised under section 12(3)(b) of the Act, the survey must be connected to at least two survey or permanent marks already connected or proposed to be connected to a standard or local traverse that are—

(a) properly verified as to position at the time of survey; and

(b) at least 200 metres apart; and

14 Plan forms

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Plans prepared by or on behalf of a department or public authority to be forwarded to the Surveyor-General must—

(a) be drawn using conventional lines, letters, numerals and symbols; and

(b) display a north point indicating the basis for orientation of the plan which must be either Australian Map Grid Zone 54, Map Grid of Australia 1994 Zone 54, Australian Map Grid Zone 55, Map Grid of Australia 1994 Zone 55, True North or Magnetic North; and

(d) so far as is practicable, be drawn in conformity with standard map and plan systems related to the Australian Map Grid or Map Grid of Australia 1994, and

(e) conform to one of the trimmed sheet sizes listed in the Table to Schedule 5.

15 Classification of surveys and plans

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(1) For the purposes of section 6(3) of the Act, the standards of measurement and accuracy are the standards required by regulation 7 of the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2005.

(2) A surveyor must certify on the face of the plan of a control, planimetric or levelling survey or on the field notes or both if applicable, as to the classification of the survey.

(3) A proper officer must ensure that a plan produced by their department or public authority indicates on the face of the plan the classification of the plan using a double letter for graphical precision, a numeral for contour precision or a combination of both if applicable as set out in Schedule 6.

16 Form of central plan register

The Central Plan Register must show—

(a) the particulars of each plan or survey that has been forwarded under section 7 of the Act; and

(b) the location of any plan recorded under section 8(1) of the Act.

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SCHEDULES

Sch. 1

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1

Permanent Survey Mark Types