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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 Act, 2002
  • Surveying 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

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 Department of Lands

  • 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 Department of Lands

These documents are available from Department of Lands, Customer Service Section, 2 Prince Albert Road, Sydney NSW.

NSW College of Law

  • Surveys (Practice Paper BC6)