Surveyors Act 2002
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19 Appellations to be used
(1) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2014, s. 15, Applied:09 Dec 2014] Only a person who is registered as a land surveyor as provided in section 7(2) may use the appellations "Registered Land Surveyor" or "Land Surveyor".
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.
(2) [Section 19 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2014, s. 15, Applied:09 Dec 2014] Only a person who is registered and has competency accreditation which is recognised as provided in section 7(3) may use an appellation that includes reference to that competency such as "Registered Engineering Surveyor", "Registered Mining Surveyor" or "Registered Hydrographic Surveyor".
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.
(3) [Section 19 Subsection (3) amended by No. 23 of 2014, s. 15, Applied:09 Dec 2014] Only a person who is registered as a surveyor as provided in section 8 or otherwise under this Act may use the appellation "Registered Surveyor" and the use of the appellation must include reference to the specialised professional survey competencies for which the surveyor is registered.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.