12Certificates of currency for old formal land survey plans—the Act, ss 195C(1)(a) and 202(1)(a)

12 Certificates of currency for old formal land survey plans—the Act, ss 195C(1)(a) and 202(1)(a)

12 Certificates of currency for old formal land survey plans—the Act, ss 195C(1)(a) and 202(1)(a)

(1) A deposited plan in the form of a formal land survey plan lodged with the Registrar-General more than 2 years after the date on which the relevant survey was carried out must be accompanied by a certificate of currency.

(2) The certificate must—

(a) be in the approved form, and

(b) include a statement by a registered surveyor confirming the following—

(i) there are no changes to the boundaries of the land surveyed and the definition of the boundaries in the plan is consistent with plans for surrounding land,

(ii) at least 2 of the permanent survey marks used in the survey remain in place,

(iii) all reference marks inserted for the survey remain in place,

(iv) there are no changes to occupations, structures or fences, or other improvements, relevant to the definition of the boundaries of the land.

(3) The Registrar-General may accept a certificate of currency that does not confirm all the matters set out in subsection (2)(b) if—

(a) the Registrar-General is satisfied it is not reasonably practicable to confirm all of the matters, and

(b) the surveyor who prepared the certificate of currency gives the Registrar-General information about the matters not confirmed by the certificate in the way required by the lodgment rules.

(4) A word or expression used in this section has the same meaning as in the Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002 and the regulations in force under that Act, unless otherwise defined by the Act or this regulation.