7Application and eligibility for registration as a surveyor

7 Application and eligibility for registration as a surveyor

[Section 7 Substituted by No. 23 of 2014, s. 8, Applied:09 Dec 2014]

(1)  A person, on payment of the prescribed fee, may apply to the Surveyor-General to be registered as a surveyor.

(2)  A person is eligible to be registered as a land surveyor if –

(a) the person –

(i) was a surveyor registered under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement day; or

(ii) has been accredited by the prescribed institute as having the educational qualifications and practical training required for the practice of land surveying as prescribed in the regulations; or

(iii) is entitled to be registered as a land surveyor under mutual recognition legislation; and

(b) the person –

(i) has undertaken such land survey-related activities or professional development as may be prescribed in the directions issued under Part 4 ; and

(ii) is capable of carrying out the practice of land surveying in Tasmania in accordance with all statutory requirements.

(3)  A person is eligible to be registered as a surveyor, other than a land surveyor, if the person has competency accreditation which is recognised by a relevant institution as satisfying national competency standards for professional surveyors practising other than in land surveying.