20Registration and renewal of registration by Surveyor-General

20 Registration and renewal of registration by Surveyor-General

(1)  On receipt of an application for registration or renewal of registration as a land surveyor, the Surveyor-General must –

(a) grant the application if the requirements of the Act relating to the application have been met; and

(b) if requested by the applicant, issue the applicant with a certificate of registration in accordance with such form as the Surveyor-General may determine –

or, if the Surveyor-General has reason to believe that the applicant is not qualified to be registered as a land surveyor, he or she may, by notice in writing served on the applicant, refuse to grant the application.

(2)  Before the Surveyor-General gives notice of refusal to grant an application for the registration or renewal of registration as a land surveyor under subregulation (1) , he or she is to notify the applicant, by notice in writing served on the applicant, of –

(a) his or her intention to refuse the application; and

(b) the grounds for refusal of the application; and

(c) the date on which, and the time and place at which, a hearing will be convened by the Surveyor-General to enable the applicant to show cause why the applicant’s application should not be refused.

(3)  An applicant who is served a notice referred to in subregulation (2) may –

(a) appear in person at the hearing referred to in that subregulation; or

(b) before the hearing, submit to the Surveyor-General a statement of the grounds on which the applicant relies.