57Surveyor to make field notes

57 Surveyor to make field notes

57 Surveyor to make field notes

(1) A surveyor’s field notes must be neat, precise, complete and intelligible in accordance with the usage of surveyors.

(2) A surveyor must, whether in the field or elsewhere, record facts, readings, calculations and observations immediately after determining the fact, reading, calculation or observation.

(3) A surveyor must keep—

(a) all field notes made by the surveyor, with indexes and cross-references to facilitate the preparation of a complete and accurate survey plan, and

(b) all other relevant information and documents.

(4) If a surveyor records field notes electronically, the surveyor must keep—

(a) an electronic copy, in the same form as originally recorded, and

(b) a copy of the reduced and formatted data.

(5) A surveyor’s field notes must include the following information—

(a) the date on which the surveyor carried out the survey to which the notes relate,

(b) the nature and position of each survey mark or monument found by the surveyor,

(c) the nature of each survey mark, other than a peg, inserted by the surveyor,

(d) the measurement methods and equipment used to carry out the survey,

(e) the confirmation measurements carried out under section 14,

(f) the horizontal datum line of the survey and the origin of the orientation adopted,

(g) the confirmation of orientation,

(h) the confirmation of height,

(i) if identifiable and relevant to the survey—

(i) the names of estates, houses, roads, rivers, creeks and lakes, and

(ii) the street addresses of houses,

(j) whether a measurement discloses the length of a boundary to be different from the length indicated in the document of title relating to the land surveyed,