New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SURVEYING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION ACT 2002 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act--

"Australian Height Datum" means the datum surface prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

"Board" means the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information constituted by section 27.

"Department" means the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation.

"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.

"firm" means a corporation or a partnership or other unincorporated association of persons.

"formal land survey plan" means a survey plan describing the results of a land survey, being a plan prepared in accordance with the regulations by or on behalf of a registered land surveyor.

"formal mining survey plan" means a survey plan describing the results of a mining survey, being a plan prepared in accordance with the regulations by or on behalf of a registered mining surveyor.

"formal survey plan" means a formal land survey plan or a formal mining survey plan.

"function" includes power, authority or duty.

"Geocentric Datum of Australia" means the datum surface prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

"land survey" means a survey (other than a mining survey) that is carried out in connection with--

(a) the reservation or dedication of land for any purpose, or

(b) the creation, variation, transfer or extinguishment of any interest in land, or

(c) the preparation of a plan for lodgment under Division 3 of Part 23 of the Conveyancing Act 1919 , or

(c1) the preparation of documents required to be prepared under the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 by a registered land surveyor, or

(d) the identification or marking out, or both, of the boundaries of a parcel of land.

"mining survey" means a survey that is carried out for the purposes of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 .

"permanent survey mark" means a survey mark that is in a form or style declared by the regulations to be the form or style for a permanent survey mark under this Act.

"public authority" means a Public Service agency, local government authority, State owned corporation or statutory body representing the Crown.

"public survey" means a survey in respect of which details are included in the register of public surveys.

"register of public surveys" means the register referred to in section 7.

"register of surveyors" means the register referred to in section 15.

"registered land surveyor" means a person who is registered as a land surveyor under this Act.

"registered mining surveyor" means a person who is registered as a mining surveyor under this Act.

"registered surveyor" means a registered land surveyor or registered mining surveyor.

"Registrar of the Board" means the person employed in the Public Service as the Registrar of the Board.

"spatial information" --see section 3A.

"State cadastre" means an inventory that records boundaries, dimensions and measurements on, above or below the Earth's surface for the purpose of defining rights, interests, restrictions and responsibilities within the jurisdiction of New South Wales.

"State control survey" means the State control survey referred to in section 4 (1).

"student of surveying" has the meaning given to that expression by the regulations.

"survey" , when used as a noun, means an activity that includes any of the following--

(a) the taking of measurements of distance, height, depth, level or direction in relation to land, including the air space above land and the subsurface below land and including land covered by water,

(b) the insertion of survey marks in or on any land,

(c) the recording of any measurements so taken and the location of any survey marks so inserted,

(d) the collating of any measurements and locations so recorded,

(e) the preparation of plans or other documents (whether in writing or in electronic form) to illustrate the results of any such measurements or the location of any such survey marks,

but does not include any activity involved in mapping or the preparation of navigational charts or any other activity declared by the regulations not to be a survey.

"survey drafter" has the meaning given to that expression by the regulations.

"survey mark" means a mark that is in a form or style declared by the regulations to be the form or style for a survey mark under this Act.

"survey plan" means a plan of the kind referred to in paragraph (e) of the definition of
"survey" .

"Surveyor-General" means the person employed in the Public Service as the Surveyor-General.

"surveyor's assistant" has the meaning given to that expression by the regulations.

Note : The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.

(2) Notes in the text of this Act do not form part of this Act.