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Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)
Notice No. 561 of 1997
Act
1. Definitions
2. Appointment, powers and functions of Chief Surveyor-General
2A. Appointment, powers and functions of Chief Director
3. Duties of Chief Surveyor-General
3A. Duties of Chief Director
4. Establishment of offices of Surveyor-General for provinces
5. Appointment of Surveyor-General
6. Powers and duties of Surveyor-General
7. Delegation of powers
8. Fees of office
9. Survey regulations board
10. Regulations
11. Duties of land surveyor
12. Improper conduct of land surveyor
13. Limitation of liability
14. No registration of land without approved diagram or general plan
15. Manner of preparing diagram and general plan
16. Diagram and general plan must be signed by land surveyor
17. No approval of diagram of portion of unsurveyed land
18. Original survey of land to which title has been issued
19. Original survey of land to which no title has been issued
20. Division surveys
21. Diagram of exact fraction of land
22. Land represented by incorrect diagram
23. Rectification of overlap of diagrams
24. Replacing existing diagram by new diagram after resurvey
25. Resurvey of block of land other than township
26. Resurvey of townships
27. Approval of superseding general plan
28. Registration of pieces of land on superseding general plan
29. Resolution of boundary disputes
30. Rules for arbitrators
31. Rectification of title deeds after resolution of boundary dispute
32. Survey of water feature or line parallel thereto defining boundary of State land
33. Removal of uncertainty in description of river boundary
34. Removal of uncertainty in description of curvilinear boundary other than a river boundary
35. Beacons and boundaries lawfully established
36. Correction of registered diagram
37. Alteration or cancellation of general plan
38. Diagram for consolidated title
39. Manner of erecting beacons for survey purposes
40. Reference marks
41. Maintenance and re-erection of beacons
42. Town survey marks
43. Protection of trigonometrical stations
44. Offences and compensation for damages sustained thereby
45. Power of entry upon land
46. Notice to Surveyor-General of application to court
47. Act binding on State
48. Repeal of laws of former entities, and transitional provisions
49. Amendment of Act 40 of 1984, repeal of laws, and transitional provisions
50. Repeal of laws of the Republic, and transitional provisions
51. Short title
Schedules
Schedule I
Form : Agreement as to Beacons and Boundaries
Schedule II
Repeal of laws of former entities, and transitional provisions
Schedule III
Amendment of Act 40 of 1984
Schedule IV
Repeal of laws of the Republic
Regulations
Regulations promulgated in terms of Section 10 of the Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)
Notice No. R. 1130 of 1997
1. Definitions
2. Survey information
3. Field measurements and observations
4. Connection to the National Control Survey System
5. Limits of allowable error in field work
6. Limit of allowable difference from original survey
7. Adoption of data
8. Curvilinear boundaries
9. Physical features affecting rights of ownership
10. Alignment of existing beacons
11. Specification for beacons
12. When beacons are not required
13. Indicatory beacons
14. Marking of survey stations
15. Damage to and removal of trigonometrical stations
16. Reference marks
17. Surveyor-General may test survey
18. Survey records
19. Diagrams
20. General plans
21. Servitudes
22. Certified copies of diagrams or general plans
23. Deductions, alterations, endorsements and withdrawals
24. Correction of general plans
25. Certificate of township or registered title
26. Replacement of beacons
27. Fees of office
28. Arbitration proceedings
29. Service and publishing of a notice
Notices
Scale of Fees to be charged in Branch National Geomatics Management Service - Effective 15 August 2022
Notice No. 2289 of 2022
Schedules
Purchase
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
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