54Reference marks for affecting interests

54 Reference marks for affecting interests

54 Reference marks for affecting interests

(1) This section applies to a surveyor carrying out a survey to define an affecting interest.

(2) Despite subsection (1), this section does not apply to a survey carried out for the following purposes—

(a) the creation of an easement over—

(i) existing underground pipes and conduits, or

(ii) if the precise location of pipes and conduits within a building cannot reasonably be determined—existing pipes and conduits, or

(iii) an existing access track,

(b) if the affecting interest is located wholly within the land being subdivided—the subdivision of land.

(3) The surveyor must insert —

(a) a reference mark at—

(i) if the affecting interest is not more than 250m long—1 terminal of the affecting interest, or

(ii) if the affecting interest is more than 250m long—each terminal of the affecting interest, and

(b) additional reference marks—

(i) for an urban land survey—at intervals of not more than 500m, or

(ii) for a rural land survey—at intervals of not more than 1,000m.