This legislation has been repealed.
The commissioner may give a disciplinary notice to a surveyor if the commissioner believes that any of the following grounds apply to the surveyor:
(a) the surveyor's registration has been obtained because of a false or misleading statement or document;
(b) the registration, licence or authorisation of the surveyor to practise as a surveyor of land in another State, New Zealand or a reciprocating jurisdiction has been cancelled or terminated otherwise than at the surveyor's own request;
(c) the surveyor has certified to the accuracy of a survey knowing it to be inaccurate;
(d) the surveyor has, deliberately or through carelessness or incompetence, made a survey that is so inaccurate or defective as to be unreliable;
(e) a survey has been carried out, or a plan prepared, by or under the supervision of the surveyor, that contravenes section 40;
(f) the surveyor has contravened a provision of this Act;
(g) the surveyor no longer holds an educational qualification sufficient for the practice of surveying.
Note For how documents may be served, see Legislation Act 2001 , pt 19.5.