Cadastral Survey Regulations 2014 PDF

# CADASTRAL SURVEY REGULATIONS ## Date of Commencement: 2014 ### Part I: Definitions | Short Title | Definition | |---|---| | |"Cadastral Survey Regulations". | | | "Beacon” means a permanent survey mark of any kind made of concrete, metal or stone or other acceptable materials.     | | |...

# CADASTRAL SURVEY REGULATIONS ## Date of Commencement: 2014 ### Part I: Definitions | Short Title | Definition | |---|---| | |"Cadastral Survey Regulations". | | | "Beacon” means a permanent survey mark of any kind made of concrete, metal or stone or other acceptable materials.     | | | "Property Beacon" means a beacon emplaced on the boundary of a parcel of land for the purpose of defining that boundary. | | | "Demarcation" means the defining of boundary lines on the ground by emplacement of property beacons or by such other methods as these regulations permit. | | | "Minister" means the Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria charged with the responsibility of overseeing the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGOF) among others. | | | "Commissioner” means the Commissioner of a State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria charged with the responsibility of overseeing the Office of the Surveyor-General of the State among others.  | | | "Office of the Surveyor-General" means the office responsible for Surveying, Mapping and generation of Geo-data in the Federation of Nigeria or a State. | | | "Surveyor-General" means the Surveyor - General of The Federation of Nigeria or of a State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. | | | "SURCON" means Surveyors Council of Nigeria established by Cap 425 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990. | | | "Surveyor" means a person registered by the Surveyors' Council of Nigeria (SURCON) under CAP 425, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 to practice the profession of Surveying in any part of the Federation. | | "Survey" | means any survey exercise executed in connection with any land prepared under the law for any registrable instrument or judgment or order of court and any other survey as may be defined from time to time by SURCON. | | "Registrable Instrument"| means any document relating to land, the registration of which is required by any written law. | | "Urban Land" | means any part of the territory of a State designated as such by the Governor of the State or the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. | | "Rural Land" | means all land not designated as Urban Land by appropriate authority. | | "UTM" | means Universal Transverse Mercator. | | "GEODATA" | means every dataset that has a spatial aspect or component | | "GNSS" | means Global Navigation Satellite System | | "GPS" | means Global Positioning System. | | "PB" | means Property beacon | | "EPL” | Exclusive Prospecting Licence | | "ML" | Mining Lease | | "MR" | Mining Right | ### Part II: Demarcation:- #### 2.1 Types of Beacons * Property Beacons shall be 18cm X 18cm X 75cm * Cemetery Beacons shall be 10cm X 10cm X 60cm * Spikes shall be rod pin 40mm diameter marked with the center punch mark at the top. * Marks on boundary walls; a cross 'X' with identification number shall be cut and painted on the outside of the wall where it intercepts a survey line. Public Surveys shall carry double arrows. * Property beacons/markers shall be used for Right of Way (ROW) Surveys. * Or other acceptable beacon specification as might be determined from time to time. #### 2.2 Location of Property Boundary Beacons All corners of plot including points of changes in direction and on straight long lines at intervals of not more than 250m in layouts and 400m in farm land. #### 2.3 Requirements of Property Boundary Beacons Adjacent Property Boundary Beacons should be intervisible, but where for some reasons this is not possible, multiple observations from proven station or pair of stations should be observed to fix a beacon. #### 2.4 Placement of Property Boundary Beacons Boundary corners should not be demarcated with beacons where boundary walls exist. #### 2.5 Demarcation of Corners in Fenced Layout * Where the fence adjoins a road, a nail should be driven into the wall and numbered with the allotted prefix and number. * Where the fence is not adjoining a road, a nail should be driven into the intersection of the walls and numbered with the allotted prefix and number. ### Part III SURVEYING OF PROPERTY BOUNDARIES #### 3.1.1 Available Methods of Survey The boundaries will usually be surveyed by closed Theodolite/Total Station traverses or GNSS in rapid static mode where applicable. Other methods include starting the traverse on checked and proven boundary beacons and ending same on checked and proven boundary beacons insofar as the starting and closing beacons form a part of the new boundary of the property surveyed (see part IV below). For any of the methods, the linear accuracy (after Azimuth adjustment where applicable) shall not be greater than 1/5,000. #### 3.2 Angular Observation * Type of Instrument - minimum of 10" graduation interval. * Number of observations - one set of observation (FL/FR) * Accuracy of observations – the maximum spread of 2 zero values shall be 10 seconds. #### 3.3 Linear Observation * Type of Equipment: Steel Tape or EDM and Digital Measuring Equipment. Tapes must be standardized on acquisition and after each mending. Other equipment shall be calibrated as at when due. * Method of measurements: On level smooth ground, surface taping may be employed. On rough terrain, catenary taping may be used. However EDM and other Digital measuring equipment are preferable. * Accuracy of measurements: Standard error of linear measurement should be one part in 10,000. * Difference between two observations should not exceed 1cm. #### 3.4 Instrumentation Any instrument including electronic Theodolites, Total Stations or differential GNSS capable of achieving the above accuracies or better shall be used #### 3.5 Control of Bearings by Astronomical Observation * Type of Astronomical Observation - Sun Observation provides the required accuracy. * Frequency of Observation - 25 to 30 traverse stations. * Requirements of Azimuth line - minimum length is 200m. * Accuracy: * 4 sets of observations. determination for doubtful latitude, pair East/West observations. Maximum range of 4 determination is 20" * Angular spread - 10" on 4 zeros. * Bearing closure at Azimuth check points not to exceed 30"√ N, where 'N' is the number of instrument stations. * Obtaining co-ordinates of two adjacent points by differential GPS #### 3.6 Irregular Property Boundaries * Methods of surveying irregular boundaries. Where part of the boundary of a property is irregular (e.g. a river or stream) the traverse line is taken as close to the river as possible on pegs and irregular boundary off-setted therefrom. * Where a river constitutes a boundary, property beacons shall be placed only at such points between which the river is the boundary. Such beacons shall be emplaced well above flood level. * Where a boundary is co-terminous with the reserve of a road, railway, pipe-line, power-line or other features, property beacons shall be emplaced at a perpendicular distance from the feature to conform with the statutory Right of Way (ROW) of the reserve and when the feature is curved the beacons shall be emplaced at such intervals as will enable the boundary to be adequately defined by the straight lines joining successive beacons. * Where a property lies on both sides of a path/road, the survey shall be broken into separate parcels so as to preserve the right of way. * Where a boundary side of a new survey is co-terminus with a longer boundary side of a previously- surveyed area , the boundary mark or marks of the new survey shall be placed exactly on line between the boundary marks of the old area, so that the old area is not affected by the new survey and no gap exists between the two areas. * No property beacon shall be placed where it would interfere with, or be inconvenient to traffic. * Where, owing to interference with traffic, or for any other reason, a beacon cannot be placed at the true position, one or other of the following methods of marking the beacon point shall be adopted: * A beacon shall be placed on each of the lines intersecting at the corner and as close as possible to it and the distances from the beacons to the true position recorded in the field book. * A metal pin shall be set in concrete, or if this is not possible a dot cut, on or near the true position and identification marks put against the pin or dot and where applicable measurements locating the true position from the pin or dot recorded in the field book. * Where the fence adjoins a road, a nail should be driven into the wall and numbered with the allotted prefix and number. * Where the fence is not adjoining a road, a nail should be driven into the intersection of the walls and numbered with the allotted prefix and number. #### 3.7 The demarcation of all boundaries shall be done prior to or simultaneously with the measurements determining their positions. #### 3.8 Property beacons shall be either pre-cast with dimensions eighteen centimetres (18cm) square by seventy-five centimetres (75cm) in length or built in-situ by pouring concrete into an undercut hole not less than sixty centimeters (60cm) deep in soil or twenty centimeters (20cm) deep in rock and capping with a moulded cap eighteen centimetres (18cm) square. In either case a metal pin shall be securely placed in the centre of the upper surface of the beacon to provide an exact Survey mark and identifying marks as prescribed in the Regulation. #### 3.9 At intermediate corners of layouts, the Surveyor- General may authorise, (subject to this regulation), the use of smaller pre-cast property beacons not less than ten centimetres (10cm) square by forty-five centimetres (45cm) in length. #### 3.10 For areas which are the subject of application under the Minerals Act, the following shall apply: * Boundaries shall be demarcated by mushroom-shaped beacons made of concrete with an underground portion undercut and at least fifteen centimetres (15cm) in diameter and twenty centimetres (20cm) deep at the base and an upper portion projecting fifteen centimeters (15cm) above the ground surface. The relevant letters E.P.L., M.L or M.R. together with a number allotted by the Surveyor-General shall be stamped or inscribed on the top of the beacon on the side adjacent to the land in question with direction arrows inscribed to indicate the course of the boundary. * Consecutive beacons need not necessarily be intervisible. * On long straight lines, beacons shall be placed on line by pre-calculated offsets from traverse stations. These will be distinguished from corner beacons by inscribing the letters L.B. (Line Beacon) into the surface of the former and C.B. (Corner Beacon) into the surface of the latter. #### 3.11 For large rural surveys, other than mining surveys, which require a large number of beacons, demarcation may, be made by iron pipes with concrete base and fillings capped with a circular part of concrete at least fifteen centimeters (15cm) as in Regulation 3.13. Such mark shall, after all the necessary measurements have been made, be covered by a mound of earth or stones to at least sixty centimeters (60cm) high. Where azimuths are observed or connections made to survey framework beacons or to another survey, three consecutive stations shall however be marked by concrete beacons as described in Regulation 3.8. #### 3.12 Concrete used for making property beacons shall comprise not more than five parts of sand or sand -aggregate to one part of cement #### 3.13 The symbol ↑, the letters P.B. and identification number shall be stamped or inscribed on pillars emplaced by the Surveyor-General or any Surveyor authorized by him. #### 3.14 For all other surveys, beacon numbers and identification letters shall be those issued by SURCON. ### Part IV: Field Survey Methods #### 4.1 Subject to such modifications as may be authorised by the Surveyor- General for any particular survey, field measurements shall be carried out as prescribed in the following Regulations. #### 4.2 The survey shall be effected by methods defining the boundary to an accuracy at least equivalent to a closed traverse with a closing error of 1:5,000, controlled in orientation, scale and position by connection to Government survey framework beacons with azimuth control as required by regulation 4.15. #### 4.3 Surveys shall be connected to government triangulation or traverse framework beacons or if this is not practicable the Surveyor should establish connecting controls by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observation and Data generated forwarded to Office of the Surveyor General for Record and references. #### 4.4 Before the survey is connected to framework Beacons, the accuracy of the datum beacons shall be checked by angular and linear measurements. #### 4.5 When the connection is by triangulation involving a single triangle from a measured base, the base length shall be determined by two independent measurements and the angle opposite to the base shall be not less than fifteen (15) degrees and when this angle is deduced from the base angles these shall be observed on two zeros, each comprising one full round as specified in Regulation 4.15. #### 4.6 When the connection is by trilateration or radiation , the measurements shall be such as to provide at least two independent determinations of the co-ordinates of the beacon or beacons so connected. #### 4.7 When the connection is by resection, angles shall be taken to at least four favorably-situated Government triangulation stations and shall be measured on two zeros, each comprising one full round as prescribed in Regulation 4.15. #### 4.8 When the connection is by traverse, the traverse shall be closed between the datum beacons to the accuracy laid down in Regulation 4.2. On long traverse connections, the traverse may be unclosed but in such case the traverse lengths shall be determined by two independent measurements using recently-standardized equipment which shall be again standardized on completion of the survey and the mean standardisation corrections used in determining the traverse lengths and in addition, the bearings of the connection traverse shall be closed on an azimuth determined by one of the methods contained in Regulation 4.15. #### 4.9 When the only practicable method of making the connection is by traverse and the distance to the nearest suitable framework beacon exceeds five (5) kilometres, the survey may, subject to the approval of the Surveyor-General, be connected to an origin established ONLY by a GNSS method. #### 4.10 Traverses shall contain as few angular points as local conditions and the requirements of the survey necessitate. The main traverse may include all of the property beacons or alternatively not less than two of the property beacons with a subsidiary traverse or traverses or radiation, or other suitable methods, used to determine the positions of the remaining property beacons. #### 4.11 The survey shall be in accordance with the "whole-to-part" principle and, in particular, traverses comprising a series of loops, one loop dependent on another, shall not be used. The initial and closing framework control points shall be, as far as practicable, a considerable distance apart. Short traverse legs shall be avoided by radiation or other suitable methods for determining the position of individual property beacons. In the survey of long strips of land, cross-connections between the beacons on either side of the strip shall be made at intervals. #### 4.12 In the survey of layouts when intermediate beacons have been emplaced by direct lining-in between regular property beacons, the position of the intermediate beacons shall be determined as accurate as possible. #### 4.13 Where a boundary such as that formed by a river is irregular, traverse lines shall follow approximately the course of the boundary and offset shall be taken to the river bank at suitable points along the traverse and from each property beacon to determine the position of the boundary. #### 4.14 The position of all permanent features on or along side the boundaries shall be determined. #### 4.15 The following regulations shall apply to survey measurements and their reduction: ##### (i.) Angular Observations * Angular observations shall be made using a theodolite or any other digital equipment designed to read to six seconds or 0.1 minute or better. * Horizontal angles shall be observed in rounds; a "round" shall comprise one face-left and one face-right reading to each sight, observed sequentially, to enable a face-left and a face-right angle to be extracted. * Each traverse angle shall comprise of at least one round of observation. * The maximum number of traverse stations and the maximum length of traverse for closure of bearings shall not be more than 30 stations and eight (8) kilometres respectively. * Bearing closure at Azimuth check points not to exceed 30"√N, where 'N' is the number of instrument stations. * Control bearings shall be reduced to UTM grid bearings; the maximum allowable angular misclosure between successive control grid bearings shall be six seconds multiplied by the square root of the number of traverse stations (06"/N). ##### (ii.) Linear Measurements * Linear measurement shall be made using a steel band or by electronic or satellite distance measuring equipment, calibrated against a standard base in accordance with Regulations made by the Surveyors Council of Nigeria. * Linear measurements shall be recorded to the third decimal place of a metre (nearest millimetre). Standard error of linear measurement should be one part in 20,000 (1/20,000). * Measurement of slope angle shall be by one face-left and one face-right theodolite vertical angle. * Correction to linear measurements shall include corrections for standardization, slope, and computed where applicable, sag; corrections shall be to the nearest third decimal place of a metre (nearest millimetre) and after all corrections have been applied, the traverse length shall be expressed to the nearest third decimal place of a metre (nearest millimetre), ##### (iii) Azimuths * Azimuths shall be determined by one of the following methods: * Paired East and West observations by altitude or by hour-angle of the sun. * Paired East and West observations by altitude or by hour-angle of stars. * Observations by hour-angle of Polaris. * Gyroscopic observations or other methods of equivalent precision. * From coordinates of two adjacent points obtained by static or differential GNSS/GPS survey method. * Not less than three observations or three pairs of observations, as appropriate, shall be taken; each observation comprising one full round of face-left and face-right measured in accordance with Regulation 4.15 (i) (b). The maximum range in the true bearings derived from three observations or three (3) pairs of observations shall be thirty (30) seconds of arc. * Sun or star altitudes shall be within the range of fifteen to forty degrees except for observed hour-angle methods when there shall be no lower limit. * Gyroscopic determinations shall be in accordance with Regulations made by the Surveyors Council of Nigeria. * Plate-level corrections shall be applied to observed horizontal angles. * Any line over which an azimuth is to be observed shall not be less than two hundred (200) metres in length and shall be permanently beaconed at either end prior to the azimuth observations. If a traverse leg of appropriate length is not available, the azimuth may be observed from a beaconed Traverse station to any suitable reference object not less than two hundred (200) metres away and the angle from the reference object to the traverse line measured on not less than two (2) zeros, each comprising one full round as prescribed in Regulation 4.15(i)(b). ##### (iv) Field Books * All necessary measurements shall be entered in ink in the field book or electronic medium as they are made; any alterations in the manual field book shall be made by crossing through the old value and inserting the new value on top of it and shall be signed by the observer. * No erasures shall be made or pages removed. * The contents shall include:- the Surveyor's name; title and number of survey and its location; an index: identity of instruments used; date of standardization of measuring equipment and values of standardization corrections; all observations relating to the survey including offsets to irregular boundaries and measurement to permanent features on or near the boundaries and the date of observation; explanatory diagrams; a certificate signed by the surveyor attesting that the values recorded are the result of the observations in the field etc. where digital equipments are used, hard copy format of the processed data shall be produced, duly certified and endorsed by the Surveyor. ### Part V: Computations #### 5.1Subject to such modifications as may be authorised by the Surveyor-General for any particular survey, computations shall be carried out as prescribed in the following Regulations. Computations, - manual or electronic - shall include the following: * Azimuth computations where necessary. * Reduction of bearings showing angular closures. * Distances, measured and corrected. * Un-adjusted, final coordinates and linear closures. * Area computations. #### 5.2True horizontal distance, to the nearest third decimal place of a metre (nearest millimeter), shall be deduced as laid down in Regulation 4.15 (ii) (e); the necessary reductions will normally be carried out in the field book/field sheets. When the survey is being computed in UTM projection, the true horizontal distance will be reduced to UTM grid distance. #### 5.3 Universal Transverse Mercator grid bearings shall be used for all computations: any angular misclosure between control bearings shall be distributed equally through the stations of that section of the work and the adjusted bearings, used in the computations expressed to the nearest second of arc. #### 5.4 The coordinates used should be UTM grid coordinates. Co-ordinates shall be adjusted by distributing the closing errors in northings and eastings in proportion to the arithmetical running total sums of the latitudes and departures respectively of the traverse lines. Final co-ordinates shall be rounded off to the nearest second decimal place of a metre (nearest centimetre). #### 5.5 Areas: The area of a piece of land bounded by straight lines shall be computed from the adjusted coordinates of the corners. The area enclosed between an irregular boundary and adjacent traverse lines shall be computed as a series of trapezia or by planimeter. Areas shall be computed to an accuracy not less than that laid down in Regulation 6.3. #### 5.6 Form: All routine computations shall be made on forms approved by the Surveyor - General of the Federation and where observation was by GNSS, a final Survey report generated by the GNSS processing software should also be submitted. #### 5.7 Computing procedure: Computations may be carried out step by step or by means of computing programmes. When a customized program is used, there shall be included a statement as to the part played by the programmer, the name of the programme and identity used in the computation. ### Part VI : SURVEY PLANS, RECORDS AND INFORMATION #### 6.1Subject to such modifications as may be authorized by the Surveyor-General in any particular case, the following Regulations shall apply in regard to Survey plans, records and other Geo data. #### 6.2 The original plan of a survey shall be drawn in waterproof ink on mounted paper or any stable material of not less than A4 size paper. #### 6.3 The original plan of a survey shall show the following information: * The title and plan number of the survey and its locality, the name of the person or body for whom the survey was made, the live signature of the Surveyor in Green, seal and designation/ address of the surveyor the date of preparation and coordinates of one of the points etc. * A grid in blublack based on UTM projection and defining Universal North and based on UTM coordinates. All coordinated points of the survey shall be plotted by rectangular co-ordinates on this grid system; 'UTM North' shall be written along a North and South line of the grid. * A description of the origin of coordinates. * The position and nature of all beacons and boundary marks whether permanent or temporary, including all Government survey beacons to which connection has been made or the coordinates and description of same point shown on the plan which is tied to such beacons, also any measurements to permanent features which will assist in locating the beacons and marks on the ground. * Boundary - firm red lines where they do not follow lines of existing detail and an all round pink verge internal of the enclosed area. Different colours may be used for verges where it is necessary to distinguish conflicting claims or overlapping areas on the same plan. * Traverse connection - firm blue lines; long connections may be shown and inserted at a smaller scale than the plan showing the boundaries * Survey Data - bearings to the nearest minute of arc and distances to the nearest second decimal place of a metre of boundary lines and traverse connection lines in the appropriate colours, the initial bearing adopted for the survey shall be marked 'I.B.' and the closing bearing marked 'C.B.'; bearings and distances deduced from the computations and not from direct measurement to be marked 'CAL' and distances from a previous survey to be marked 'P.O.' (per original); bearings derived directly from azimuth determinations to be marked 'AZ'; all offsets to be shown in black between arrows. * Building lines in firm blue lines and the words 'Building line' written along them. * Topographical and other detail occurring on any line run by the Surveyor and any detail required by the Surveyor-General or the client for whom the survey is made, along or within the boundaries of the parcel of land. * Adjacent plot details 'if possible'. * The scale of the plan with a graphic representation in metres. Subject to such modifications as the Surveyor-General may authorize in particular cases, shall ordinarily be as follows: * 1:250 * 1:500 * 1:1,000 * 1:2,000 * 1:2,500 * 1:5,000 * 1:10,000 * 1:20,000 * 1:25,000 * Conventional signs and symbols as indicated In the appendix, 'shall be used for the representation of beacons and detail unless otherwise directed. #### 6.5 Plans prepared from the original for attachment to any registrable instrument or grant are required to show only the following information taken from the original, save as the Surveyor-General may otherwise require in particular cases; {title, number and location of survey, the name of the client for whom it is made, connection to a government survey beacon or coordinates of a point referred to the original and description of the origin , the linear dimensions, area and plot number (if any) of the parcel, or of each parcel, of land, the scale of the plan, a UTM North point, the live signature of the Surveyor in Green. #### 6.6A surveyor may be required by the Surveyor-General to submit for inspection the field books, computations and any other records or information in connection with a survey undertaken by the Surveyor. The Surveyor - General may make any investigation or check what he deems desirable on any survey (subject to the Rules and Regulations of SURCON). #### 6.7A Surveyor, other than an officer of the Office of the Surveyor-General making a survey of the boundaries of land for any registrable instrument or grant or a survey which implements any judgment or order of the court shall send two complete copies of transparent medium to the Surveyor-General together with a certified copy of the judgment or order of court when applicable; the cost of the plans and documents supplied under this regulation shall be borne by the client for whom the survey was made. #### 6.8 Copies of survey plans kept in the Office of the Surveyor-General may, at the discretion of the surveyor-General, be inspected by the public on payment of the prescribed fees, but no information shall be copied without the permission of the Surveyor - General. #### 6.9Copies of plans of surveys made by the Office of the Surveyor-General may, at the discretion of the Surveyor-General, be purchased by the public on payment of the prescribed fees. #### 6.10Copies of plans submitted by surveyors under Regulation 6.7 shall be available for purchase only to the surveyors who lodge the particular plans or to their legal representatives and to the client for whom the surveys were made (in respect of deceased Surveyor) , at the prescribed rates. #### 6.11 * Certified true copies of plans of public surveys shall bear the following certificate:  Certified true copy of a plan made By me Name Signed. Date:. Surveyor-General * Certified true copy of plans of non-public surveys bear the following certificate: Certified true copy of original plan made by me on date Signed- ------- Surveyor. #### 6.12 (i) Any surveyor may demand from the Surveyor - General and shall be given any information kept in the office of the Surveyor-General which he may reasonably require. #### 6.12(ii) The Surveyor- General may decline to give such information as he considers unnecessary for the survey and his decision shall be final. Full reasons for such refusal shall, however, be communicated to the Surveyor unless such communication is not in the public interest. ### Part VII: Survey Records #### 7.1 Survey records shall include the following: * Survey Instructions * Field Books/sheets * Computation sheets * Draft Survey Plan * Tracing film * Survey Report ### Part VIII: Private Applications for Survey Work by the Office of the Surveyor-General #### 8.1 Surveys which are not required for the purpose of Government acquisition and other public interest shall not ordinarily be undertaken by the Office of the Surveyor General. However an application can be made to the Surveyor General to investigate alleged inconsistency in any survey work. #### 8.2 For investigations undertaken under Regulation 8.1, the complainant shall bear the cost of any investigation undertaken if the complaint is proved to be unfounded. If the original survey is found to be at fault, the charge for the investigations shall be paid by the client for whom the original survey was made, or by the surveyor in the case of checking carried out under this Regulation. #### 8.3 (i) If the Surveyor General accepts an application from other Government ministeries, departments and agencies for survey, he shall assess the charges for the work and call on the applicant to deposit the amount in the nearest Treasury office. #### 8.3(ii) If the application is withdrawn after the survey has been arranged but prior to its completion, the Surveyor - General may in his discretion arrange for the preliminary fee, together with other charges incurred, to be paid into revenue if this has not already been done. #### 8.4 When the Surveyor-General accepts an application or directs that the Survey shall be undertaken by the Office of the Surveyor-General, the applicant may be required in accordance with Form 2 in the 'Schedule' to attend personally or by his agent for the purpose of indicating the boundaries of the land, and shall state his intention regarding the supply of beacons and materials. #### 8.5 Where services are provided by the Office of the Surveyor-General in connection with a survey undertaken by a surveyor not being an officer of the Office of the Surveyor-General the Surveyor-General shall assess the charges which shall be paid into the revenue by the applicant, except in regard to checking carried out under Regulation 5.6 which shall be paid to the surveyor. #### 8.6 For investigations undertaken under Regulation 8.2 the complainant shall bear the cost of any investigation undertaken if the complaint is proved to be unfounded. If the original survey is found to be at fault the charge for the investigations shall be paid by the client for whom the original survey was made, or by the surveyor in the case of checking carried out under Regulation 8.1. ### Part IX: Miscellaneous #### 9.1 Notice of a surveyor's intention to enter upon occupied land shall, where practicable, be given by the Surveyor to the occupier. Such notice shall be in accordance with Form 3 in the schedule. #### 9.2 Whenever for the purpose of any survey it is necessary or desirable for the surveyor to uncover a buried Government beacon, the surveyor shall notify the Surveyor-General in accordance with Form 4 of the schedule of his intention and shall ensure restoration of the covering to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General. #### 9.3The forms set out in the Schedule may be modified by the Surveyor-General as special circumstances require. #### 9.4 No survey work which may impede or be a danger to traffic in any street or road shall be carried out without suitable warning notices, red flags or lights being displayed and where applicable a suitable system of traffic control being used. #### 9.5 All linear measuring equipment shall be standardized not less than once per year on a standard base provided by, and in accordance with instructions issued by the Surveyor-General. ### PART X: APPLICATION #### 10.1Parts 1 - VIII of these Regulations shall be observed by all Surveyors save where their application is specifically limited either to the Surveyor-General or to the Surveyors. ###### **SCHEDULE:** **Form 1** **APPLICATION FOR SURVEY WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR GENERAL** 1. Name of Applicant: 2. Address of Applicant:. 3. Position of Applicant in regard to the land:. 4. Name of person or body with interest in the land (if other than the applicant) :. 5. Use of the land:.. 6. Work required: Signature. Date. **NOTE:** A sketch plan as per regulation 8.2 might accompany this form. **Form 2** **APPEARANCE TO INDICATE BOUNDARY OF LAND FOR SURVEY WORK** You are hereby required to attend personally, or by an agent duly authorized by you in writing in the form set out below at ......... on the ......... day of ......... 20...... for the purpose of showing to the Surveyor General a. The boundaries of the parcel of land on your application for survey; b. Your corner and direction beacons upon your application for a Mining Lease/ a Mining right/ an Exclusive Prospecting Licence of approximately ................ at........ Hectares located................You or your agent may be required to remain with the Surveyor until the area is finally beaconed and marked. Date.. Office:. Signed: **Form of Application (if attended by agent):** (A) Name of Company or individual (B) Name of Person authorized (C) Description of area. On behalf of (A) ..............................I hereby authorize (B) ....................................to accompany The officer of the Surveyor General during the survey of (C) .................................And unless written protest is made by him to the surveyor At the time of survey, I hereby accept the position of all boundary marks as determined by the surveyor For and on behalf of (A) .................................................................. Dated this .........day of .................20...... Signature **Form 3** **The Survey Regulations** **NOTICE TO OCCUPIER BEFORE ENTRY FOR SURVEY PURPOSES** Take notice that I shall attend on ............. the .........20, between the hours of 6a.m and 6pm, upon your land situated at .....................for survey purpose connected with: the property occupied by you; adjourning property; a public survey.