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

Regulations

Regulations promulgated in terms of Section 10 of the Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)

11. Specification for beacons

 

(1) Except as provided in regulation 12, the corner points of every piece of land, shall be marked by beacons of a permanent nature in accordance with the following minimum specifications:
(a) For land situate in a township or settlement: a 12 millimetre iron peg at least 400 millimetres long; and
(b) For rural land: a 16 millimetre iron peg at least 500 millimetres long:

Provided that:—

(i) When it is not possible to drive the peg into the ground, the corner point shall be defined by a hole of sufficient depth drilled into the obstructing rock, pavement or structure;
(ii) When a post forms part of a properly erected fence and occupies a corner point of land being surveyed, it may be adopted as a beacon;
(iii) When the corner point coincides with the corner of a permanent building, such corner shall be adopted as a beacon.

 

(2) Any departure from the prescribed types of beacons shall be reported to the Surveyor-General.

 

(3) A trigonometrical station shall not be used as a new beacon.