Recommended references

Candidate Surveyors should be aware that this list is by no means complete.

It is offered as a guide to legislation which affects land surveying in New South Wales.

When completing projects for the Land Surveyors' Assessment Procedures it is the Candidate Surveyors' responsibility to ensure that they are aware of all legislation affecting that project.

Acts and Regulations relating to Land Surveying in NSW

Candidate Surveyors seeking registration as a surveyor permitted to carry out land surveys in New South Wales should possess a sound knowledge of the following:

Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002
Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2006
Real Property Act 1900 and Regulations
Real Property (Boundary Determinations) Amendment Act 1989
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and Regulations
Strata Titles Act 1973 and Regulations
Survey Co-ordination Act 1949 and Regulations 1993
Local Government Act 1992
Conveyancing Act 1919 and Regulations - Sections 7, 45, 45A, 88 & 89, 178, 179, 181A, 181B, 196, 196A, 197 Schedule VIII
Crown Lands Act 1989
Coastal Protection Act 1979
Coastal Protection Amendment Act 2002

It would also be advisable to have knowledge of the appropriate clauses of the following:

Roads Act 1993
Real Property (Possessory Titles) Amendment Act 1979
Public Works Act 1912
Land Acquisition (just Terms Compensation) Act 1992
Encroachment of Buildings Act 1922
Pipelines Act 1967 and Regulations
Dividing Fences Act 1991
Mining Act 1992 and Regulations 1974
Local Government (Regulation of Flats) Amendment Act 1983
Land Sales Act 1964
State Roads Act 1986

Legislation can be viewed and downloaded from www.legislation.nsw.gov.au, a service provided by the NSW Parliamentary Counsels Office. Legislation can also be downloaded at www.austlii.edu.au the site of the Australian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), which provides free access to Australian legal materials.

Publications with an historical significance

Historical (Roads and Alignments)

NSW Acts of Councils
1833 Act 4 William IV No 11 (Opening of Roads)
1833 Act 4 William IV No 7 (Para XLVIII & XLIX ~ alignment
1834 Act 5 William IV No 20 (alignment)
1835 Act 6 William IV No 9 (alignment)
1837 Act 8 William IV No 21 (alignment)
1838 Act 2 Victoria No 2 (paras 45 to 48)

Historical (General)

Main Roads Act 1924
State Roads Act 1986
Local Government Act 1919
City of Sydney Corporation Act 1879
Public Roads Act 1879
Public Roads Act 1902
Crown and Other Roads Act 1990

The documents are available via professional libraries or supervising surveyors.

Reference Publications

Baalman & Wells on the Practice of Land Titles Office (4th Edition)
Notes on Survey Investigation (R Willis)
Helmore on Real Property
Integration Survey Manual (Government Printer of Government Information Centre)

These documents are available via professional libraries.

Board of Surveying and Spatial Information Publications

Marking the Landscape (Book and CD Rom) (IH Marshall)
Candidate's Companion (IH Marshall) (PDF 131.8KB)
A History of Alignment Surveys (IH Marshall) (PDF 739.1KB)
The Parish Map (IH Marshall) (PDF 64.3KB)
Surveying Tutor (CD Rom)

Publications of the Institution of Surveyors of NSW

Handbook for Practising Land and Engineering Surveyors (H Focxall)
Legal Aspects of Boundary Surveying as apply in NSW (F Hallmann) Release 5
Definitions of Railway Boundaries in NSW (J Webber)
Identification Surveys: Freehold Title and Torrens Title (J Weingarth)
Boundaries (AW Miller)
Public Roads in New South Wales (V Le Gay Brereton)
Surveyors and their Professional Liability ~ A Manual of Loss Prevention ~ 2nd Edition (Blume, Gill and Gibbons)
Roads (RW Ibbotson)

These documents are available from the Institution of Surveyors NSW, 363 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW.

Publications of the Institution of Surveyors of Australia

Some Aspects of Title Boundary Location in NSW (KE Hammer)
Boundary Control (FM Halmann)
Identification Surveys in New South Wales (CJL West) ~ Australia Surveyor

These documents are available from the Institution of Surveyors of Australia, 27-29 Napier Close, Deakin ACT 2600.

Publications of Land and Property Information

www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/surveying/publications

Strata Titles Act, 1973 and Regulations as they affect the Surveying Profession (KW Amey) - June 1980
Surveyor General's Directions for Survey Practice
Registrar General's Directions for Plans (3 Volumes)
Going Geocentric - information on the Geodetic Datum for Australia (CD Rom)
Various 'Information Bulletins' issued by Land and Property Information

These documents are available from Land and Property Information, Customer Service , 2 Prince Albert Road, Sydney NSW.

NSW College of Law

Surveys (Practice Paper BC6)