Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)11. Duties of land surveyor |
A land surveyor shall—
| (a) | carry out every survey undertaken by him or her in accordance with this Act, and in a manner that will ensure accurate results; |
| (b) | be responsible to the Surveyor-General for the correctness of every survey carried out by him or her or under his or her supervision, and of every general plan or diagram which bears his or her signature; |
| (c) | deposit with the Surveyor-General for the purpose of being examined and permanently filed in that Surveyor-General’s office such records as may be prescribed in respect of any survey carried out by him or her for the purpose of, or in connection with, any registration of land in a deeds registry, and in respect of any general plan or diagram prepared as a result of that survey, and in respect of any survey carried out by him or her for the replacement of a beacon; and |
| (d) | correct without delay, when required by the Surveyor-General, any error in any survey carried out by that land surveyor or in respect of any work related thereto due to failure to comply with this Act and take such steps as may be necessary to ensure the correction of any diagram, general plan and title deed based on the incorrect survey and to adjust the position of any beacon which he or she has placed in accordance with the incorrect survey. |
