11Surveys for the establishment of permanent survey marks in certain areas

### 11 Surveys for the establishment of permanent survey marks in certain areas > > (1)  When the triangulation survey of any area within this State is completed and the plans relating thereto and such other information as he requires are available, the Surveyor-General, after consultation with the representatives of such public authorities as may be concerned, and with such other public authorities as he thinks proper, may, with the consent of the Governor, cause to be carried out in that area such surveys as he considers necessary for the establishment of standard permanent marks for the convenient connection of local or general surveys with the State triangulation. > > > (2)  If the Surveyor-General reports, in writing, to the Minister that – > > > > > > (a) the provisions of this section have been given effect to with respect to any area within this State and that permanent survey marks have been established for that area; or > > > > > > > (b) there are in existence in any area within this State sufficient permanent marks for that area – > > > > the Governor, by proclamation, may declare that area to be a proclaimed survey area for the purposes of this Act. > > > (3)  After the publication of any proclamation under [subsection (2)](#GS11@Gs2@EN) , every survey for any purpose under any Act of any area which is wholly or partly within or contiguous to the proclaimed survey area, shall be connected, as prescribed, to at least two established survey marks for the proclaimed survey area either – > > > > > > (a) directly; or > > > > > > > (b) where the Surveyor-General, or some person authorized in writing in that behalf by the Surveyor-General, so authorizes in writing, indirectly, by way of connection with an existing survey or permanent mark already connected, or proposed to be connected, to standard survey marks – > > > > and no plan of any such survey shall be lodged with, or accepted or otherwise used by, any public authority or be of any validity whatever for any purpose under any Act unless it shows the connection required by this section certified by the surveyor who carries out the survey, or is accompanied by a sketch plan showing the connection so certified. > > > (4)  It shall be the duty of the Surveyor-General when requested so to do to advise the surveyor of any public authority or any registered surveyor as to how proposed surveys of any area may be connected with the established permanent survey marks, and to authorize any indirect connection as provided by this section which appears to him to be more convenient or economical than a direct connection, and any survey carried out, or plan prepared, in accordance with the written authority of the Surveyor-General shall, if the authority is attached to the plan, be deemed for all purposes a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section.