New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

SURVEYING REGULATION 2001 - REG 33

33 Connection of surveys and marks

(1) This clause applies to any survey that is carried out for the purpose of lodging a survey plan with a public authority.

(1A) An urban survey must be connected by measurement to at least 2 permanent survey marks and, for land having an area of more than 10 hectares, to at least 2 more permanent survey marks for each 10 hectares (or part thereof) by which the area of land being surveyed exceeds 10 hectares.

(1B) A rural survey must be connected by measurement to at least 2 permanent survey marks and, for land having an area of more than 10 hectares, to at least 2 more permanent survey marks for each 100 hectares (or part thereof) by which the area of land being surveyed exceeds 10 hectares.

(1C) The distance between a survey mark and a permanent survey mark referred to in subclause (1A) or (1B) must not exceed:

(a) 300 metres, in the case of an urban survey, or

(b) 1,000 metres, in the case of a rural survey.

(2) If there are two established permanent survey marks within the relevant distance specified in subclause (1C), the connection referred to in that subclause must be made to those established permanent survey marks in preference to non-established permanent survey marks even if the latter are closer to the survey.

(3) A survey that redefines or creates parcels of land must have, within 300 metres (for an urban survey) or 1,000 metres (for a rural survey), no less than the following number of permanent survey marks in relation to the following numbers of parcels:

(a) 1-10 parcels--2 marks,

(b) 11-20 parcels--3 marks,

(c) more than 20 parcels--4 marks plus 1 mark for every 20 (or part of 20) by which the number of parcels exceeds 40.

(4) A maximum of two permanent survey marks connected in accordance with subclause (1A) or (1B) may be included in the total number of marks required by subclause (3).

(5) A survey that redefines a road frontage or that is conducted for the purposes of creating a road under any Act must have 2 or more permanent survey marks for each interval of 1,000 metres (for an urban survey) or 2,000 metres (for a rural survey).

(6) A survey for the purposes of creating an easement must have 2 or more permanent survey marks for each interval of 2,000 metres (for an urban survey) or 4,000 metres (for a rural survey).

(7) Measurements between all permanent survey marks found or placed, and connections to the survey, must be proved by closed survey and shown on the survey plan.

(8) If two permanent survey marks connected in accordance with subclause (1A) have accurate AHD values, the locality sketch plan of each additional permanent survey mark placed in accordance with subclause (3), (5) or (6) must show:

(a) the AHD value derived by closed height differences to an accuracy of Class "LD" or "B" or better (as specified in the Standards & Practices for Control Surveys), and

(b) the AHD values, and the nature and source, of the 2 connected permanent survey marks.

(9) A permanent survey mark placed in accordance with subclause (3), (5) or (6) must:

(a) be so located as to be suitable for an orientation of the survey and for redefinition of the survey, and

(b) be so located at road junctions, road intersections, road angles or crests of hills as to be visible between other permanent survey marks without obstruction, and to be suitable for subsequent inclusion in the State Control Survey, and

(c) be identified in location by a sketch plan that meets approved standards.

(10) A sketch plan referred to in subclause (9) must be forwarded to the Surveyor-General within 2 months of the placement of the permanent survey mark.