Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) A licensed surveyor making a cadastral survey must—
(a) adopt and verify a datum in accordance with a previous cadastral survey or plan; and
(b) if an abstract of field records is to be lodged with the Surveyor-General or the Registrar of Titles, bring the bearing and co-ordinate datum on to the Map Grid of Australia 1994 (MGA 1994) in a manner specified in regulation 14(2) of the Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2004; and
(c) if a connection is shown on the document of title, measure that connection unless the position of the subject land can be satisfactorily determined otherwise; and
(d) connect the cadastral survey to relevant permanent marks, primary cadastral marks, pegs and other survey marks; and
(e) locate and clearly describe any feature on or near the boundaries of the subject land likely to affect those boundaries; and
(f) locate and clearly describe any feature within the subject land the description and position of which is necessary for the purpose of the survey; and
(g) in a survey area proclaimed under section 12 of the Survey Co-ordination Act 1958 connect every cadastral survey in accordance with the requirements of that Act; and
(h) determine the length and bearing of each surveyed boundary of the subject land and independently check the accuracy of each determination.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) A licensed surveyor making a cadastral survey must ensure that an irregular boundary is determined at all conspicuous changes in direction at such intervals as are necessary to accurately determine the boundary.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) A licensed surveyor making a cadastral survey, whether the cadastral survey is to include the marking out of boundaries or not, must connect the cadastral survey to permanent marks, primary cadastral marks and reference marks in accordance with the following principles—
(a) for up to and including 10 allotments or lots, the cadastral survey must be connected to at least two permanent or primary cadastral marks and one reference mark; or
(b) if there are more than 10 allotments or lots at ground level, a further two permanent or primary cadastral marks for each additional 10 allotments or lots or part thereof must be connected to the cadastral survey; or
(c) if there are more than 20 allotments or lots at ground level at least two of the marks required to be placed by paragraph (b) must be permanent marks and they must be connected to the cadastral survey; or
(d) if the design or layout is unusual, the cadastral survey must be connected to such additional number of permanent or primary cadastral marks as is reasonable in the circumstances having regard to the nature of the locality.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(4) If a licensed surveyor connects the survey of a subdivision to a minimum of two permanent marks or primary cadastral marks and one reference mark in situations where they are unlikely to be disturbed the licensed surveyor may postpone the placement of any further permanent or primary cadastral marks within the subdivision if the construction of roads or buildings or other works are to be undertaken which are likely to displace those permanent marks or primary cadastral marks during construction.
(5) A licensed surveyor who postpones the placement of further marks under sub-regulation (4) must lodge with the Registrar of Titles, within one month after the completion of the construction, a supplementary abstract of field records showing the particulars and connections to the marks placed.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.