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Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002
21Unregistered persons not to practise land surveying
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#### 21 Unregistered persons not to practise land surveying
21 Unregistered persons not to practise land surveying
> > (1) A person must not—
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> > > (a) carry out a land survey for fee or reward, or
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> > > (b) advertise that he or she is willing to carry out a land survey for fee or reward,
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> > unless the person is a registered land surveyor.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a survey drafter—
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> > > (a) from preparing a survey plan for a registered land surveyor, or
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> > > (b) from advertising that he or she is willing to prepare a survey plan for a registered land surveyor,
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> > for fee or reward.
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> > (3) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to—
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> > > (a) any student of surveying, or any surveyor’s assistant, who carries out a land survey under the general supervision of a registered land surveyor, or
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> > > (b) any other person who carries out a land survey under the immediate supervision of a registered land surveyor.
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> > (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a firm, or a member or partner of a firm, in the circumstances referred to in section 22A.
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> **s 21:** Am 2009 No 119, Sch 1 \[7\].