(1) All field notes made for the purpose of any cadastral survey carried out by or on behalf of a department or public authority, a plan of which is recorded or forwarded or set out on any list forwarded to the Surveyor-General under the Act, must be—
(a) maintained in good order by the department or public authority; and
(b) numbered and indexed to conform with the numbering or designation on any plan or list forwarded.
(2) Field notes may be in original or abstract form and recorded in handwritten, printed or electronically readable form.
(3) The Surveyor-General may by notice in writing forwarded to the proper officer of the department or public authority concerned, require the proper officer to produce for inspection and examination the field notes referred to in sub-regulation (1).