Licensed Surveyors Act Amendment Act 1940 (WA)

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LICENSED SURVEYORS.

4° GEO. VI., No. XVI.

No. 16 of 1940.

AN ACT to amend the Licensed Surveyors Aet, 1909.

[Assented to 12th November, 1940.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Licensed Surveyors Act Amendment Act, 1940, and shall he read as one with the Licensed Surveyors Act, 1909 (No. 25 of 1909), here- inafter referred to as the principal Act.

Amendment

of s. 3 of	2.	Section three of the principal Act is amended by
the principal

Act.

inserting after the definition of "Board" the following

definition

"Institute" means the Institution of Surveyors of

Western Australia Incorporated.

Amendment 3. Section four of the principal Act is repealed and

of s. 4 of

the principal	the following new- section inserted in lieu thereof :—
Act.

4.    (1) The Land Surveyors' Licensing Board

as constituted under the principal Act is hereby

reconstituted and shall consist of

(a)	The Surveyor General, who shall be ex officio a member of the Board and the chairman thereof.
(b)	Three members appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Surveyor General, one at least of whom shall be a licensed surveyor.

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(c) Two members, who shall be licensed sur- veyors, appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Institute.

(2)

The members of the Board, other than the Surveyor General, shall go out of office on the thirty-first day of December in every year but shall be eligible for reappointment and shall be deemed to hold office until the appointment of their suc- cessors.

(3) The Governor may, on the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Board, remove any member other than the Surveyor General, from the Board.

(4)

Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Board by reason of the removal, death, or resignation of any member other than the Surveyor General, the Governor shall, after nomination, appoint a member to fill the vacancy. If the member whose seat has become vacant was nominated by the Institute, the person to fill the vacancy shall be nominated by the Institute, and, if by the Surveyor General, he shall be nominated by the Surveyor General.

(5)

Whenever the Surveyor General or the

institute neglects or omits to nominate for appoint-

ment

(a) on or before the first day of December in every year the members of the Board whom the Surveyor General or the Institute, as the case may be, is entitled under the pro- visions of paragraph (b) or of paragraph (c) of subsection. (1) of this section to nomi- nate for the then ensuing year;

(b) within one month from the date of the removal, death, or resignation of a member of the Board, a person whom the Surveyor General or the Institute, as the case may be, is entitled under the provisions of subsec- tion (4) of this section to nominate to fill the vacancy caused thereby,

The Governor may appoint as members or a mem- ber of the Board for the then ensuing year, or to fill such vacancy, the persons or person nominated by a majority of the existing Board.

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Thee ised Surveyors.

(6) All nominations for membership of the Board

shall be in writing.

(7) All appointments of members shall be notified

in the Government Gazette.

Citation of

principal Act 4. The principal Act as amended by this Act may be

as amended. cited as the Licensed Surveyors Act, 1909-1940.