6Power of Surveyor-General to require connection of proposed surveys with existing surveys, permanent marks, &c.

### 6 Power of Surveyor-General to require connection of proposed surveys with existing surveys, permanent marks, &c. > > (1)  Without limiting the generality of the provisions of this Act relating to surveys in or contiguous to proclaimed survey areas, the Surveyor-General may, by writing addressed to the proper officer of any public authority, require, in relation to any survey being carried out or proposed to be carried out by or on behalf of the authority, that – > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:10 Apr 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-04-10/act-1996-017#AT@EN) the survey shall be connected to an existing local or general survey or based upon a specified datum as to levels or otherwise; and > > > > > > > (b) the surveyor carrying out the survey shall cause permanent marks of the prescribed kind to be established within or adjacent to the area surveyed as the Surveyor-General directs, and that the survey shall be connected with any permanent mark or marks already established; and > > > > > > > (c) the original, or a true copy of, any plan made or obtained as part of the survey, showing the date of the survey and certified as correct by the surveyor who carried out the survey, together with a separate sketch plan certified as correct by the surveyor showing the position of any permanent marks established and the connection, if any, of the survey with any local or general survey or with any permanent mark or marks already established, shall be forwarded to the Surveyor-General within one month after the completion of the plans. > > > (2)  The proper officer of the public authority shall cause the survey to be carried out and plans to be prepared and forwarded in accordance with the requirements of the Surveyor-General and any plans so forwarded shall be lodged in the central plan office. > > > (3)  *\[Section 6 Subsection (3) amended by No. 93 of 1984, s. 2 \]*Every survey, not being a survey carried out for the purposes of the [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) , commenced by or on behalf of any public authority after the commencement of this Act, whether the subject of a requirement by the Surveyor-General under the foregoing provisions of this section or not, shall be carried out in accordance with the standards of measurement and accuracy prescribed by regulations under this Act relating to surveys of the appropriate kind. > > > (4)  *\[Section 6 Subsection (4) added by No. 93 of 1984, s. 2 \]**\[Section 6 Subsection (4) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*Any plan (whether or not made as the result of a survey), not being a plan prepared for the purposes of the [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) , which is prepared by or on behalf of a public authority for the purposes of, or in connection with, the description in an Act, proclamation or other instrument of a legislative character of an area or boundary, shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of this section and in such manner as the Surveyor-General considers necessary to achieve an accurate and, as near as possible, an unequivocal definition of any boundary on the ground.