The objects of this Act are--
(a) to provide for the registration of land surveyors and mining surveyors to ensure that only appropriately qualified persons carry out land surveys and mining surveys, and
(b) to ensure that registered surveyors provide services to the public in a professional and competent manner, and
(c) to provide for the maintenance of a State cadastre and ensure its integrity, and
(d) to provide for the co-ordination of surveys carried out by public authorities and for the establishment of a State control survey, and
(e) to provide for the investigation of, and the giving of advice to the Government relating to, the collection, collation and dissemination of spatial information other than surveys.