Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2024
64Showing affecting interests on formal land survey plans
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64 Showing affecting interests on formal land survey plans
64 Showing affecting interests on formal land survey plans
(1) This section applies to a survey carried out to define an affecting interest.
(2) The formal land survey plan must show connections from the affecting interest to the nearest corner of the boundary if the affecting interest—
(a) intersects a boundary of land held in different ownership, or
(b) ends at a boundary, whether the land is held in the same or different ownership.
(3) The essential measurements of the site of the affecting interest must be shown on the formal land survey plan by bearing and distance.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to an easement to be created over—
(a) existing underground pipes and conduits, or
(b) if the precise location of pipes and conduits within a building cannot reasonably be determined—the existing pipes and conduits, or
(c) an existing access track.
(5) The approximate positions of intersections between an easement referred to in subsection (4) and existing parcel boundaries, with appropriate notations, must be shown on the formal land survey plan.
(6) An affecting interest must be shown on the formal land survey plan as—
(a) “easement” or description of the easement, “restriction on the use of land”, “positive covenant” or “profit à prendre”, or
(b) “proposed easement” or description of the proposed easement, “proposed restriction on the use of land”, “proposed positive covenant” or “proposed profit à prendre”.