22Unregistered persons not to practise mining surveying

22 Unregistered persons not to practise mining surveying

22 Unregistered persons not to practise mining surveying

(1) A person must not—

(a) carry out a mining survey for fee or reward, or

(b) advertise that he or she is willing to carry out a mining survey for fee or reward,

unless the person is a registered mining surveyor.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a survey drafter—

(a) from preparing a survey plan for a registered mining surveyor, or

(b) from advertising that he or she is willing to prepare a survey plan for a registered mining surveyor,

for fee or reward.

(3) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to—

(a) any student of surveying, or any surveyor’s assistant, who carries out a mining survey under the general supervision of a registered mining surveyor, or

(b) any other person who carries out a mining survey under the immediate supervision of a registered mining surveyor.

(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.

s 22: Am 2009 No 119, Sch 1 [8].