75Approval of owner of adjacent land

75 Approval of owner of adjacent land

75 Approval of owner of adjacent land

(1) This section applies if, in carrying out a survey for the purpose of lodging a survey plan with the Registrar-General, a surveyor defines a natural feature boundary in accordance with section 40 or 41.

(2) The surveyor must, before lodging the plan with the Registrar-General, obtain approval for the following—

(a) the first definition of the boundary,

(b) a change to the definition of the mean high-water mark boundary,

(c) if the mean high-water mark boundary has not been defined within the last 20 years—the definition of the mean high-water mark boundary.

(3) Approval must be obtained from—

(a) if the adjoining land below the mean high-water mark is Crown land—the Minister administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016, or

(b) otherwise—the owner of the adjoining land.

(4) In seeking the owner’s or the Minister’s approval, the surveyor must give the owner or the Minister the comprehensive report, prepared under section 74, about the surveyor’s definition of the boundary.