Survey Co-ordination Act of 1952 (1 Eliz Ii No. 10) (Qld)

SURVEYS. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, 1952. Survey Co-ordination Act. 555 SURVEYS. An Act to Provide for the Co-ordination of Surveys; 1 For the Establishment of a Central Plan C o - ordination Office for the Recording of Surveys, Plans, AOTOF1952 and Information relating thereto; and for Purposes connected therewith. [A ssented to 17 th A pril , 1952.] E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, B by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Survey ghort Co-ordination Act of 1952.” (2.) This Act shall come into operation upon a date Commence- to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation ment of Aot- published in the Gazette. . 2- This Act, including every Proclamation and interpreta- regulation hereunder, shall be read and construed subjecttlon' to the * Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act and so as not to exceed the legislative power of the State to the intent that where any enactment hereof or provision of any Proclamation or regulation hereunder would but for this section have been construed as being in excess of that power it shall nevertheless be a valid enactment or provision to the extent to which it is not in ex<5ess of that power. 3. (1.) In this Act, unless the context otherwise Meaning of indicates or requires, the following terms shall have theterms’ • meanings respectively assigned to them,| that is to say :— “Central plan office ”—The central plan office Central established under and for the purposes 0fPlanoffloe- this Act; Central plan register ”—The central plan Central plan register established under and for the purposesreglster- of this Act; * 63 and 64 V. c. 12.

556 Establish. Liaison officer. Local Authority. Minister. Permanent mark. Person. Plan. Prescribed. Proclama­ tion. Public authority. SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, “ Establish ”—Used with respect to any permanent mark, the precise determination of its position in relation to a triangulation survey of the State or to a local triangulation survey or standard traverse ; “ Liaison Officer ”—An officer, member, or employee of a public authority appointed by it as a liaison officer thereof for the purposes of this Act; “ Local Authority ”—Any Local Authority or Joint Local Authority under and subject to * “ The Local Government Acts, 1936 to 1951 ” : The term includes Brisbane City Council constituted pursuant to the provisions of f “ The City of Brisbane Acts, 1924 to 1951 ” ; “ Minister ”—The Secretary for Public Lands or other Minister of the Crown for the time being charged with the administration of this Act; “ Permanent mark ”—A permanent mark placed, adopted, or established under the provisions of this Act; “ Person ”—Includes any body corporate ; “ Plan ”—Includes any survey plan, map, aerial photograph, or description made or obtained as part of any survey or surveys ; “ Prescribed ”—Prescribed by this Act; “ Proclamation ”—A Proclamation made under this Act; “ Public authority ”—Includes any Department and Sub-Department of the Government of Queensland, and any Local Authority, and any board, commission, trust, or other body, whether corporate or unincorporate, established or constituted by or under any Act for any public purpose, whether in respect of the whole or any part of the State, which is authorised or required by or under any Act or other law whatsoever to make surveys, or any functions of which are such as to require surveys to be made by, or plans to be lodged with, it; * 1 G. 6 No. 1 and amending Acts, f 15 G. 5 No. 32 and amending Acts'.

SUEVEYS. 557 1952. Survey Co-ordination Act. “ Recorded plan ”—A plan of which a record has Recorded been entered in the central plan register inplan' pursuance of this Act; “ Regulations ”—Regulations made under the Regulations, authority of this Act; “ Standard survey mark ”—Includes any survey standard monument or reference mark whose relativesurvey mark position to permanent marks has been or is proposed to be established to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General; “ Survey ”—The act or process of determining Survey, the form, contour, position, area, height, depth, or any other similar particulars of any part of the earth’s surface, whether on land or water, or of any natural or artificial features on, below, or above any part of that surface, or the length and direction of the bounding lines of any part of that surface, or of any such natural or artificial features thereof, and includes the making or obtaining of a plan or plans thereof: The term also includes any aerial survey; “ Surveyor ”—A surveyor within the meaning of Surveyor. * “ The Land Surveyors Acts, 1908 to 1916 ” ; “ Surveyor-General ”—The Surveyor-General Surveyor- within the meaning of * “ The Land Surveyors General- Acts, 1908 to 1916 ” : The term includes any person who for the time being occupies the office or performs the duties of the Surveyor-General; . “ This Act ”—This Act and all Proclamations This Act. and regulations hereunder. (2.) Derivatives of any term to which a meaning is Derivatives, assigned by this section shall in this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, have a corresponding meaning. (3.) Any reference in this Act to any other Act Reference shall be taken to include a reference to any later Act^0°sther amending or in substitution for that other Act. * 8 E. 7 No. 3 and amending Act.

558 SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, Establish- 4 . For the purposes of this Act a central plan office centraipian shall be established in the Survey Office of the Department office. of Public Lands of the Government of Queensland. Public 5. (1.) Every public authority shall, as soon as atoutahpopriotiinest practicable after the coming into operation of this Act, liaison appoint a suitable person as the liaison officer of that tooffficoerrws aarnddto authority for the purposes of this Act and notify the Surveyor- Surveyor-General of such appointment. General information as to (2.) The Surveyor-General may, from time to time, surveys make such inquiry of any public authority as he may and plans. consider necessary for ascertaining the types of surveys carried out and of plans held by such authority. The Surveyor-General may, after making any such inquiry of any public authority, by notice in writing require the liaison officer of such public authority to forward to him within the time specified in such notice, or within such further time as he may allow, such particulars as may be specified in such notice of the plans made, obtained, or held by such public authority relating to such types of survey as may be specified in such notice. The liaison officer of any public authority to whom any notice has been given under the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall cause a correct and complete list to be compiled setting out the particulars required by such notice and forward it to the Surveyor-General within the time specified in such notice, or within such further time as the Surveyor-General may allow, as the case may be. Public 6. Any public authority before commencing any survey of a type with respect to which the Surveyor- notice of General has required the liaison officer thereof to forward intention to particulars of plans in pursuance of the new surveys, provisions oi section five of this Act shall deliver or forward to the Surveyor-General notice in or to the effect of the prescribed form of the intention of such public authority to commence the survey : Provided that where it is impracticable by reason of the urgency of any particular survey to give such notice beforehand, notice of having commenced such survey shall be given by the public authority to the Surveyor- General as early as is practicable in the circumstances.

SURVEYS. 559 1952. • Survey Co-ordination Act. 7. (1.) Without limiting the generality of the Power to provisions of this Act relating to surveys in or contiguous to survey areas proclaimed in pursuance of the provisions to require of section twelve of this Act, the Surveyor-General may, of^^d by writing addressed to the liaison officer of any public surveys to authority, require, in relation to any survey being carried out or proposed to be carried out by or on behalf permanent ' of such public authority, that— marks, &c. (a) Such survey shall be connected to an existing local or general survey and that any plan thereof based upon a datum as to levels other than the standard datum shall show the correction required to reduce the levels to the standard datum; ( b) The surveyor carrying out such survey or, where such survey is a survey other than an authorised survey defined by * “ The Land Surveyors Acts, 1908 to 1916,” the person carrying out or supervising such survey on ' behalf of such public authority shall cause permanent marks of the prescribed kind to be placed within or adjacent to the area to be surveyed as the Surveyor-General directs, and that such survey shall be connected to any permanent mark or marks already placed, adopted, or established; (c) A true copy— (i.) Of any plan made or obtained as part of such survey and showing the date of the survey; and (ii.) Of any sketch plan showing the position of permanent marks placed and the connection if any of such survey to a local or general survey or to any permanent mark or marks already placed, adopted, or established; certified as correct by the surveyor or person referred to in paragraph (6) of this subsection, as the case may be, be forwarded to the Surveyor-General within one month after the preparation of such plans ; (d) The original of any plan referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection be made available to the Surveyor-General for inspection, or all or any of those things. * 8 E. 7 No. 3 and amending Act.

560 SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, The Surveyor-General shall not be entitled to require a public authority to forward to him any plan or copy of a plan of any survey based upon a datum as to levels until the work to which the survey relates has been completed and the plans have been adjusted to show the work as executed. (2.) Any public authority affected by any requirements of the Surveyor-General under subsection one of this section shall carry out or cause to be carried out the survey to which such requirements relate in accordance with such requirements and the liaison officer of such public authority shall forward the plans or copies thereof to the Surveyor-General in accordance with such requirements. (3.) Every survey commenced by or on behalf of any public authority after the coming into operation of this Act, whether the subject of a requirement by the Surveyor-General under the provisions of this section or not, shall be carried out in accordance with the standards of measurement and accuracy prescribed by regulations under this Act relating to surveys of the appropriate kind. Supple­ mentary 8. Where the liaison officer of any public authority information has caused a list (in this section referred to as the apfoslartwnosartdoebde p“roorviigsiinoanls liosft ” se)cttoionbefivcoemopfiltehdisinAacct caonrddanfocerwwaridthedthiet tSGouernveeryalo. r- tdoaytsheafStuerrvethyoer- fGiresnterdaal,y heofshJaullly, wniethxitn fotwlloewntiyn-geigthhet compilation of the original list, and within twenty-eight days after the first day of July in each year thereafter— (a) Cause a correct and complete list (in this section referred to as the “ supplementary list ”) to be compiled of the plans, relating to the types of survey in respect of which the original list was* compiled, made or obtained by or on behalf of; or lodged with such public authority after the compilation of the original list and before the first day of July next following, or during the period of twelve months preceding the said first day of July, as the case may be ; ( b) Set forth in the supplementary list in relation to plans relating to any type of survey made, obtained, or lodged as aforesaid the like particulars as were set forth in the original list in relation to plans ofsuch type of survey ; and

SURVEYS. 561 1952. Survey Co-ordination Act. (c) Forward the supplementary list to the Surveyor-General. 9. (1.) For the purposes of this Act there shall be Establish- established and maintained in the central plan office a“®tLif register, to be called the central plan register, which shall plan be in the form prescribed and shall contain the prescribed ^ster classifications and particulars. recording of plans. (2.) The Surveyor-General, after such inquiry as he considers necessary, shall cause to be entered in the central plan register a record of such of the plans— (a) Set out on any list forwarded to him in pursuance of the provisions of section five or section eight of this Act; or (b) Forwarded to him in pursuance of the provisions of section seven of this Act, as appear to him to be of general value for the purposes of this Act, and shall cause to be marked or stamped upon every such plan, whether in the central plan office or not, such particulars of its recording and classification as are prescribed. (3.) Where it appears to the Surveyor-Genetal that any recorded plan in the possession of any! public authority is of such general value for the purposes of this Act that it should be kept in the central plan office— (а) In the case of any plan in the possession of any Department or Sub-Department of the Government of the State—^-with the consent of the Minister administering that Department or Sub-Department; and (б) In the case of any plan in the possession of any other public authority—with the consent of such public authority, such plan or a copy thereof certified as correct by the liaison officer shall, when required by the Surveyor- General, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any enactment other than this Act, be lodged by such public authority and kept in the central plan office. (4.) Kb recorded plan which remains in the possession of any public authority shall be destroyed or, except in pursuance of this Act, be removed out of the possession of such authority without the consent, in writing, of the Surveyor-General.

562 SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, (5.) Where any alteration is effected in any recorded plan in the possession of any public authority, and such alteration is in respect of the survey to which such plan relates, the liaison officer thereof shall, within fourteen days after such alteration is effected— (a) Notify the Surveyor-General thereof, in writing; and (b) If a copy of the recorded plan has been lodged with the Surveyor-General, forward or lodge with the Surveyor-General a plan showing the details of such alteration. (6.) For the purpose of the recording and classification of plans pursuant to this Act, every person authorised by the Surveyor-General shall, at all reasonable times, have free access to all plans set out in any list forwarded to the Surveyor-General in pursuance of the provisions of this Act which are in the possession of any public authority, and shall be entitled to mark or stamp on any of such plans such particulars as are required for the purposes of subsection two of this section. Inspection 10. (1.) Every person authorised in writing by the polfarnesc. orded Surveyor-General shall, at all reasonable times, be entitled to inspect any recorded plan kept in the central plan office, and the Surveyor-General may authorise any person to inspect any recorded plan which is kept elsewhere than in the central plan office. (2.) Every person authorised in writing by the Surveyor-General, whether generally or in any particular case, upon production of the authority issued to him by the Surveyor-General and upon satisfying a public authority having possession of any recorded plan as to his purpose for inspecting such plan, shall at all reasonable times be entitled to inspect and copy any recorded plan in the possession of such public authority. Provision of 11. A public authority shall, when so required by rceocpoyrdoefd the Surveyor-General by writing addressed to the liaison plan. officer thereof, provide an accurate copy of any recorded plan in its possession to the Surveyor-General or to any person, upon payment, but subject to any reciprocal arrangements to which such public authority may be a party, of such charge, if any, as is provided by or under any other Act therefor, and where there is no such provision, of such a charge as may be prescribed.

1952. SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 563 12. (1.) When, in the opinion of the Surveyor- General, a triangulation survey of the State has been estabiish- sufficientl % y j develo j p l ed within an 1 y / area and the j p - lans T m in e rr n n t ft o n f ftnt . . relating thereto and such other information as he requires Purvey are available, the Surveyor-General, after consultation “arl^ . with the Surveyors Board constituted under * “ The Land am Surveyors Acts, 1908 to 1916,” and such public authorities as he considers proper, may, with the approval of the Minister, cause to be carried out in that area such surveys as he considers necessary for the establishment of permanent marks for the convenient connection of local or general surveys to the triangulation survey. (2.) If the Surveyor-General reports, in writing, to the Minister that— (а) The provisions of subsection one of this section have been given effect to with respect to any area and that permanent marks have been established for such area ; or (б) There are in any area sufficientpermanent marks established by a local system of triangulation or standard traverse survey for such area, the Governor in Council may by Proclamation published in the Gazette declare such area to be a proclaimed survey area for the purposes of this Act. (3.) After the publication of any Proclamation under subsection two of this section every survey made for any purpose under any Act of any area which is wholly or partly within or contiguous to the proclaimed survey area, shall be connected, as prescribed, to at least two placed, adopted or established permanent marks, or to at least two placed or established survey marks which are acceptable to the Surveyor-General as standard survey marks for the proclaimed survey area, either— (a) Directly ; or (b) Where the Surveyor-General or some person authorised in writing in that behalf by the Surveyor-General so authorises in writing, indirectly, by way of connection to existing permanent or survey marks already connected or proposed to be connected, to permanent marks or standard survey marks, and no plan of any such survey shall be lodged with, or accepted or otherwise used by any public authority or * 8 E. 7 No. 3 and amending Act.

564 SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, be of any validity whatever for any purpose under any Act unless it shows the connections required by this section or is accompanied by a sketch plan showing the connections so required. (4.) It shall be the duty of the Surveyor-General when requested so to do to advise the person carrying out any survey referred to in subsection three of this section as to how proposed surveys may be connected to the placed, adopted, or established permanent marks or standard survey marks and to authorise any indirect connection as provided by this section which appears to him to be more convenient or economical than a direct connection, and any survey carried out, or plan prepared in accordance with the written authority of the Surveyor- General shall, if such authority is submitted with the plan, be deemed for all purposes a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section. Surveyor- General to . advise as to TO avoidance of dupli­ cation of surveys, &c. U 3. It shall be the duty of the Surveyor-General (а) Advise the liaison officer of any public authority or, when requested so to do, advise any surveyor of all recorded plans and of all proposed surveys which may render unnecessary or limit the scope of any survey proposed to be carried out by or on behalf of that authority or by the surveyor ; and (б) Take all such steps as may be expedient for avoiding unnecessary duplications of surveys, including the— (i.) Carrying out for or on behalf of and with the consent of any two or more public authorities of any survey which may be required by such authorities; or (ii.) Arranging for the carrying out, with the consent of the public authorities concerned, of any such survey by any one of such authorities, upon such terms as to payment of the costs of the survey as are agreed upon by those authorities and the Surveyor- General or, in default of such agreement, as may be determined by the Minister.

SURVEYS. 565 1952. Survey Co-ordination Act. 14. The Surveyor-General may at any time cause to General be carried out any survey which he considers necessary s™veyo°r- or desirable for the purposes of this Act, and may General to establish upon the area surveyed such permanent marks su"eySUfor as he considers necessary and a record of the plan of every purposes of such survey shall be entered in the central plan register. thls Act‘ 15. (1.) The Surveyor-General may adopt any Adoption particular reference marks or other survey marks, or any ^u^ytmg class of reference marks or other survey marks placed or marks as established, by any person or public authority, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, as maintenance permanent marks for the purposes of this Act bythereof- publication of a notice in the Gazette specifying the marks or class of marks so adopted. (2.) Any permanent mark required or authorised to be placed or established under this Act, whether by the Surveyor-General or by any public authority, may be so placed or established— (a) Upon any unoccupied Crown land; (b) Upon any land vested in, or under the care and management of any public authority ; (c) Upon any road, street, pathway, lane, or thoroughfare ; (d) With the consent of the owner or occupier thereof upon any privately owned land ; or (e) With the consent of the holder or occupier thereof upon any land held under any tenure .from the Crown, and every person authorised by the Surveyor-General or by the liaison officer of the public authority by which or on whose behalf any survey is being carried out shall, at all reasonable times, have access to such land, road, street, pathway, lane, or thoroughfare for the purpose of the establishment, inspection, and maintenance of any permanent mark thereon or the connection of any survey with any permanent mark. (3.) (a) All permanent marks placed or established by the Surveyor-General under this Act, for any survey area proposed to be proclaimed in pursuance of section twelve of this Act, shall be placed or established out of moneys provided by Parliament for survey purposes. (6) The cost of all permanent marks placed by any public authority in compliance with any requirements of the Surveyor-General under section seven of this Act

566 SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, in relation to any survey carried out by or on behalf of such public authority shall be provided for out of such moneys as are available to such public authority for the purposes of such survey. (4.) All permanent marks adopted under the provisions of this section and all permanent marks placed or established under this Act whether by the Surveyor-General or any public authority shall be maintained in good order and condition— (а) If upon any land vested in or under the care and management of any public authority— by such public authority out of such moneys as are available for the care and management of such land ; or (б) If upon a road, street, pathway, lane, or thoroughfare, the maintenance whereof is charged upon any public authority—by such public authority out of such moneys as are available for the maintenance of such road, street, pathway, lane, or thoroughfare; or (c) If upon any privately owned land, unoccupied Crown land, or land held under any tenure . from the Crown—by the Surveyor-General or by the public authority placing or establishing the mark as the case may be : Provided that where the Minister is satisfied upon the application of any public authority that the maintenance of any such mark involves undue expense or inconvenience to such public authority, he* may direct that such maintenance shall be carried out by the Surveyor-General or by such other public authority as he may direct and such maintenance shall be carried out accordingly. Notice of 16. (1.) The Surveyor-General shall, where p&lca.c,eomfent, necessary, give notice in writing, of the placement, permanent adoption, establishment, removal, or alteration of any mpuabrlkic to permanent mark to the public authority charged under authority- this Act with the maintenance thereof. charged with main­ (2.) The Surveyor-General shall give notice, in tenance. writing, to the Registrar of Titles of the placement, adoption, establishment, removal, or alteration of any permanent mark in any case where he considers that the placement, adoption, establishment, removal, or alteration thereof is likely to affect any plan lodged or retained in the office of the Registrar of Titles.

SURVEYS. 567 1952. Survey Co-ordination Act. 17. (1.) Any surveyor who discovers any apparent Surveyors irregularity in the position of any permanent mark, or irreguiari- that any permanent mark has been destroyed or removed,ti®® of or is in disrepair, or that any measurements made by him ^^anent differ from those shown upon any recorded plan, shall marks, furnish a report thereon, in writing, to the Surveyor- General. (2.) Any officer, member, or employee of any public authority, not being a surveyor, who discovers that any permanent mark has been destroyed or removed or is in disrepair, shall report the same to the liaison officer of such public authority who shall thereupon notify the same, in writing, to the Surveyor-General. , 18. (1.) The cost of any survey authorised to be Cost of carried out by the Surveyor-General under this Act shallsurveyB’ &c' be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament for survey purposes. . (2.) The additional costs occasioned to any public authority in relation to any survey by reason of the operation of this Act or any requisition of the Surveyor- General thereunder shall be deemed to be part of the costs of such survey and shall be met out of such moneys as are available to such public authority for such survey. 19. The Surveyor-General shall as soon as is^^!of practicable after the close of each financial year prepare surTeyor- and submit to the Minister a report upon theGeneral- administration of this Act during such financial year. A copy of such report shall be laid before Parliament. 20. Upon the application of any public authority, or Exemption any surveyor, or any person who carries out or surveys,’ &c„ supervises any survey other than an authorised survey from . * defined by * “ The Land Surveyors Acts, 1908 to 1916,” °f twsl°n on behalf of any public authority, the Surveyor-General Act- may, for any reason which he shall consider sufficient, by writing exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Act relating to surveys or plans, either permanently or for any specified period and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Surveyor-General considers necessary, any particular survey being carried out, or proposed to be carried out by such public authority, surveyor or person, or any particular plan of survey in the possession of, or to be prepared by such public authority, surveyor or person, or any class of such surveys or plans. * 8 E. 7 No. 3 and amending Acts.

568 SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10, Pd& eecsn.t, aroultfcytifoonr, defac2e, 1. or( 1d.) irNecotlyperosroninsdhiraellctdlyestcraouys,ereamnoyvael,teinrajutiroen, ionr pmearrmksa.nent tehsetabploisshiteiodnuonfdearnythipserAmcatn: ent mark placed, adopted, or Provided that the removal or alteration of any permanent mark for the purpose of any building reconstruction or other work, or for any reason which renders such removal or alteration necessary, in accordance with such provisions as to notice, supervision, re-establishment, and report to the Surveyor-General as are prescribed shall not be deemed an offence against this subsection. (2.) Upon the conviction of any person for any offence against this section, the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty for that offence, order that the defendant shall pay to the Surveyor-General or public authority charged with the maintenance of the permanent mark in respect of which the proceedings were instituted, such amount as the court thinks reasonably necessary to reimburse the Surveyor- General or public authority for any expenses incurred in replacing or re-establishing the mark. Offences. 22. (1.) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. (2.) Where any provision of this Act directs anything to he done or forbids anything to be done and anything so directed to be done is not done or anything so forbidden to be done is done, then every person who offends against such direction or prohibition shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. General penalty. (3.) Any person guilty of an offence against any provision of this Act shall be liable, if no specific penalty is provided for that offence, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. Summary proceedings. (4.) All offences against this Act may be prosecuted and all amounts ordered to be paid or payable under this Act and not paid may be recovered in a summary way under * “ The Justices Acts, 1886 to 1949.” Regulations. 23. (1.) The Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for or with respect to prescribing all matters and things which are by this Act permitted * 50 V. No. 17 and amending Acts.

SURVEYS. 1952. Survey Co-ordination Act. or required to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, providing for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say— (a) Prescribing the form of and the particulars to be contained in notices of intention to commence surveys or of having commenced surveys; (b) Prescribing the form of the central plan register and the classifications and particulars of plans to be recorded therein and the particulars to be marked upon recorded plans; (c) Prescribing the kinds and specifications of permanent marks to be placed under this Act, and empowering the Surveyor-General to authorise departures from such prescribed permanent marks; (d) Regulating the placing, adoption, or establishment of permanent marks under this Act; ( e) Prescribing the conditions as to i notice, supervision, re-establishment, and report to the Surveyor-General under which permanent marks may be altered or removed for the purpose of any building reconstruction or other work, or for any reason which may render such removal or alteration necessary (/) Prescribing standards of measurement and of accuracy to be adopted for the purposes of any survey, and the connection of any survey to any existing survey mark or permanent mark pursuant to this Act; (g) Prescribing conventional signs to be used on plans required to be prepared and forwarded to the Surveyor-General under this Act; (h) Empowering the Surveyor-General to call for the production of the field notes of any survey a plan of which is recorded or forwarded or set out on any list forwarded to the Surveyor- General under this Act. (2.) Regulations may be made on the passing of this Act. 569

570 SURVEYS. Survey Co-ordination Act. 1 E liz . II. No. 10,1952. PoPfurobclilcaamtiao­ n unde2r 4t. his( 1. A) cEt vsehrayll—Proclamation or regulation made tions and regulations. (a) Be published in the Gazette; (&) Upon its publication in the Gazette, be judicially noticed and such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained therein; (c) Take effect on and from the date of such publication, or in the case of any such regulation, if a later date is specified in the regulations, from that later date ; and (d) Be laid before Parliament within fourteen sitting days after such publication if Parliament is in session, and ifnot, then within fourteen sitting days after the commencement of the next session. (2.) If Parliament passes a resolution, of which notice has been given at any time within fourteen sitting days after any such Proclamation or regulation has been laid before Parliament, disallowing such Proclamation or regulation or part thereof, that Proclamation, regulation, or part shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder in the meantime or to the power to make a new Proclamation or, as the case may be, regulation. In this subsection “ sitting days ” means days on which Parliament actually sits for the despatch of business. TORTS. See W rongs . TRAFFIC. See R oads . VALUATION OF LAND. See L ands . VETERINARY MEDICINES. See A griculture , sub - title A gricultural S tandards . WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, AND GASFITTING. See L ocal A uthorities .