53Reference marks for roads

53 Reference marks for roads

53 Reference marks for roads

(1) This section applies to a land survey carried out to—

(a) create, redefine or widen a road under an Act, or

(b) define a road frontage of a lot.

(2) A surveyor must insert a reference mark for each point on the land surveyed to reference the following—

(a) if the land surveyed abuts a road—the extremity of the land fronting the road,

(b) each terminal of the road created or defined,

(c) each intersection with other roads,

(d) if the intervening side boundaries are not more than 250m apart—

(i) each angle of the road, and

(ii) each tangent point of a curve or arc in the road, and

(iii) the terminal of a series of chords of a regular curve in the road.

(3) The maximum distance between 2 successive reference marks along a road frontage must not be more than—

(a) for an urban land survey—

(i) if there are intervening side boundaries—100m, or

(ii) otherwise—250m, or

(b) for a rural land survey—1,000m.

(4) A surveyor must insert a reference mark at the intersection of road boundaries—

(a) if a triangle is cut off from the corner formed by the intersection—to mark either end of the base line of the triangle or the point of intersection, or

(b) if the corner is rounded off—to reference either tangent point or the point of intersection, or

(c) if the corner is not cut off or rounded off—to reference the point of intersection.

(5) A surveyor must, as far as is practicable, insert reference marks—

(a) to reference the same side of the road, and

(b) in pairs suitable for orientation purposes along the road.