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Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)

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Schedule III

Amendment of Act 40 of 1984

 

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:

——————— Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.

 

 

Amendment of section 1 of Act 40 of 1984, as amended by section 1 of Act 37 of 1986, section 1 of Act 66 of 1987 and section 1 of Act 34 of 1993

 

1. Section 1 of the Professional and Technical Surveyors’ Act, 1984, is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for the definition of "professional land surveyor" of the following definition:

" 'professional land surveyor' means a person registered as a professional surveyor in terms of section 20(2) or deemed to be registered as such in terms of subsection (5) or (6) of the said section and whose name is entered in the register for professional land surveyors referred to in section 7(4)(a);"; and

(b) by the substitution for the definition of "professional surveyor" of the following definition:

" 'professional surveyor' means a person registered as such in terms of section 20(2) or deemed to be registered as such in terms of subsection (5) or (6) of the said section;".

 

Amendment of section 20 of Act 40 of 1984, as substituted by section 11 of Act 34 of 1993 and amended by section 13 of Act 170 of 1993

 

2. Section 20 of the Professional and Technical Surveyors’ Act, 1984, is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection:

 

"(6)

(a) A land surveyor registered under a law repealed by section 48 of the Land Survey Act, 1996, may continue to practise as a professional land surveyor if, prior to 31 December 1997, he or she gives notice to the council of his or her registration under such repealed law.
(b) On receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) the council shall, subject to section 24(1), cause the name of the land surveyor concerned to be entered in the appropriate register.
(c) Any person whose name has been entered in terms of paragraph (b)—
(i) shall be deemed to have been registered as a professional surveyor in terms of this section; and
(ii) shall for the rest of the financial year in which his or her name was so entered, be exempted from the payment of the annual fee contemplated in subsection (3).
(d) No entry contemplated in paragraph (b) shall be made after 31 December 1997.".