24Correction of survey errors

24 Correction of survey errors

(1)  Any registered surveyor found to have made an error in any survey carried out under any Act must, at the request of the Surveyor-General, correct the error at his or her own expense.

(2)  If a registered surveyor fails to correct an error within 3 months of being informed of that error by the Surveyor-General, the error may be corrected by an inspecting surveyor instructed by the Surveyor-General, and the surveyor responsible is liable to pay the cost of that correction.

(3)  [Section 24 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 23 of 2014, s. 19, Applied:09 Dec 2014] Where the correction of an error in a survey of land requires a correction of the boundaries of a property registered under the Land Titles Act 1980 , the registered land surveyor must notify all parties with an interest in the affected land of the correction of the error and the steps required to correct the affected land title, within 3 months of the correction of the error being made.

(4)  [Section 24 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 23 of 2014, s. 19, Applied:09 Dec 2014] If a registered land surveyor fails to notify all parties in accordance with subsection (3) , the notification may be made by an inspecting surveyor instructed by the Surveyor-General, and the surveyor responsible is liable to pay the cost of that notification.