Victorian Current Acts

SURVEY CO-ORDINATION ACT 1958 - SECT 3

In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—

S. 3 def. of Australian Geodetic Datum inserted by No. 56/1987 s. 4, amended by No. 7/1998 s. 24(a).

"Australian Geodetic Datum" means the 1966 adjustment of first order triangulation of Australia or any subsequent adjustment approved by the Surveyor-General based on the position of Johnson Geodetic Station which is determined as being:

Geodetic Latitude 25° 56' 54"·5515 South

Geodetic Longitude 133° 12' 30"·0771 East

Spheroidal Height 571·2 metres;

S. 3 def. of Australian Map Grid inserted by No. 56/1987 s. 4, amended by No. 7/1998 s. 24(b).

"Australian Map Grid" means the system of rectangular co-ordinates derived from a Transverse Mercator projection of latitudes and longitudes on the Australian Geodetic Datum and defined in the Australian Map Grid Technical Manual Special Publication 10, published by the National Mapping Council of Australia in 1986 or any later definition approved by the Minister and published in the Government Gazette;

S. 3 def. of Common-wealth survey authority amended by No. 6505 s. 2.

"Commonwealth survey authority" means the Commonwealth Government department or branch of the Defence Forces for the time being engaged upon surveys for the triangulation and mapping of Australia;

"Commonwealth survey officer" means any person duly authorized in writing by the officer in charge of the Commonwealth survey authority;

"department" means any Government department under the direct control of a Minister of the Crown;

S. 3 def. of licensed surveyor amended by Nos 9180 s. 2(1), 47/2004 s. 71(Sch. item 5.1(a)).

"licensed surveyor" means a licensed surveyor under the Surveying Act 2004 ;

S. 3 def. of municipality repealed by No. 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 117.1) (as amended by No. 13/1990 s. 38(2)(y)).

    *     *     *     *     *

plan includes every plan map aerial photograph or description made or obtained as part of a survey or surveys;

"prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or by regulations under this Act;

S. 3 def. of proper officer amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch.  3 item 196.1).

"proper officer" means—

        (a)     in relation to a department—the department head within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 thereof; and

        (b)     in relation to a public authority—an officer or employee of such authority nominated by such authority for the purposes of this Act;

S. 3 def. of public authority amended by No. 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 117.2).

"public authority" means any board commission trust or other body corporate or unincorporate (including a municipal council but not including a company incorporated for private profit) established or constituted by or under any Act for any public purpose, whether in respect of the whole of Victoria or of any particular area or areas thereof, and which is authorized or required by such Act to make surveys or the nature of whose functions requires that surveys be made by such authority or that plans of survey be lodged therewith;

"registered plan" means a plan of which a record has been entered in the Central Plan Register pursuant to this Act;

survey means the act or process of determining the form contour position area height depth or any other similar particulars with respect to any part of the earth's surface whether land or water or of any natural or artificial features on below or above any part of such surface or the length and direction of the bounding lines of any part of such surface or of any such natural or artificial features and includes the making or obtaining of a plan or plans thereof;

surveyor includes—

        (a)     any licensed surveyor; and

        (b)     any person who carries out or superintends any survey on behalf of any department or public authority;

S. 3 def. of Surveyor-General amended by Nos 9549 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 224), 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 248), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 63.2), repealed by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1).

        *     *     *     *     *

S. 3 def. of Surveyors Board amended by No. 9180 s. 2(1), substituted as def. of Surveyors Registration Board by No. 47/2004 s. 71(Sch. item 5.1(b)).

"Surveyors Registration Board" means the Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria established under the Surveying Act 2004 .

Pt 1 (Heading) inserted by No. 7360 s. 3.

Part I—Survey co-ordination generally

No. 4732 s. 3.

S. 4 amended by Nos 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 248), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 63.4), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch.  3 item 196.2), 51/2016 s. 33.