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This legislation has been repealed.

SURVEYING REGULATION 2001 - REG 4

Interpretation

4 Interpretation

(1) In this Regulation:
"AHD" means Australian Height Datum, as defined in section 3 (1) of the Act.
"appropriate accuracy" means such accuracy as is reasonably practicable to attain in any particular survey.
"approved" means approved by the Surveyor-General.
"Board examination" means an examination (whether oral or written, or both oral and written) approved by the Board for the purposes of this definition, as set out in a formal Board determination.
"boundary mark" means a mark of the kind referred to in Schedule 2.
"continuing professional development requirements" means professional development requirements approved by the Board for the purposes of this definition, as set out in a formal Board determination.
"established permanent survey mark" means a survey mark the horizontal position of which is determined to be Class C or better as specified in Standards & Practices for Control Surveys and that is identified in the register of public surveys, in such manner as the Surveyor-General may determine, as being an established permanent survey mark.
"formal Board determination" means a determination that has been made and published by the Board under clause 4C.
"level or undulating terrain" means terrain with slopes that are generally 10 degrees or less.
"lockspit" means a mark described as a lockspit in Schedule 2.
"MGA" means Map Grid of Australia, that is, a rectangular co-ordinate system using a Transverse Mercator projection with zones 6 degrees wide and based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia.
"monument" means a natural or artificial object, or a point on it, or a mark, used for the purpose of locating or relocating a boundary or a point in a survey.
"ppm" means parts per million.
"recognised practical experience", in relation to an applicant for registration as a surveyor, means experience in which:
(a) the applicant has been employed as a full-time surveyor's assistant, whether in New South Wales or elsewhere, for one or more periods totalling at least 2 years (in the case of an application for registration as a land surveyor), or at least 3 years (in the case of registration as a mining surveyor), during the 5 year period immediately preceding the application, and
(b) while so employed, the applicant has obtained practical experience for a continuous period of one year or more in:
(i) all aspects of the conduct of land surveys, or
(ii) all aspects of the conduct of mining surveys,
as the case requires.
"recognised professional training agreement" means a training agreement approved by the Board for the purposes of this definition, as set out in a formal Board determination.
"recognised qualification" means any qualification that the Board recognises to be an appropriate qualification for the purposes of this definition, as set out in a formal Board determination.
"reference mark" means permanent survey mark or a mark of the kind referred to in Schedule 3.
"road" includes any road, street, laneway, pathway or parcel of land used for access in a community scheme, either existing or being created by the subject survey.
"rural survey" means a land survey that is not an urban survey.
"Standards & Practices for Control Surveys" means the publication entitled Standards & Practices for Control Surveys (SP1) published by the Inter-Governmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping, as that publication is amended from time to time.
"steep or mountainous terrain" means terrain with slopes that are generally greater than 10 degrees.
"student of surveying" means a person who is enrolled in a course of studies that leads to a recognised qualification.
"survey drafter" means a person who has such abilities and experience as the Board considers appropriate to qualify the person to be a survey drafter, as set out in a formal Board determination.
"surveyor's assistant" means a person who has such abilities and experience as the Board considers appropriate to qualify the person to be a surveyor's assistant, as set out in a formal Board determination.
"the Act" means the Surveying Act 2002 .
"urban survey" means a land survey of land:
(a) that is within a zone identified in an environmental planning instrument, within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 , as being residential, rural residential, commercial or industrial, or
(b) on which development for residential, rural residential, commercial or industrial purposes is permitted by or under that Act to be carried out.
(2) In this Regulation a reference to a Form is a reference to a Form set out in Schedule 1.
(3) The explanatory note, table of contents and notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.



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