Surveyors Regulation 2024

This regulation may be cited as the Surveyors Regulation 2024.

This regulation commences on 1 September 2024.

This section states requirements for section 12(2) of the Act.

The board must consist of—

4 cadastral surveyors; and

1 other cadastral surveyor employed in the department; and

1 surveyor with a mining registration endorsement; and

1 other surveyor; and

2 other individuals who represent the interests of the community generally in the conduct and practice of the profession.

A surveyor may be appointed as a member only if—

the surveyor has been registered as a surveyor for periods totalling at least 5 years; and

for a surveyor mentioned in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c)—the surveyor has held the registration endorsement mentioned in that subsection for periods totalling at least 5 years.

In this section—

mining registration endorsement means any of the following registration endorsements—

mining open cut (O);

mining underground coal (UC);

mining underground metalliferous (Mining UM).

For section 36(3)(c) of the Act, the criteria prescribed are—

the individual has been registered as a surveyor under the Act, the repealed Act or a corresponding law—

for at least 25 consecutive years; or

for periods the board is satisfied are at least equivalent to the period mentioned in subparagraph (i); and

the individual has given the board a written statement notifying the board that the individual has retired from surveying practice; and

if the individual is the cadastral surveyor responsible for the survey quality of a relevant plan of survey—the individual has—

authorised another person to take the action mentioned in the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003, section 32(1) for the survey; and

given the board a copy of the authorisation.

In this section—

relevant plan of survey means a plan of survey that—

is to be registered under the Land Act 1994 or the Land Title Act 1994; or

is required for a purpose under the Mineral Resources Act 1989.

For sections 36(2)(c)(ii)(A) and 38(2)(c) of the Act, the insurance cover prescribed is professional indemnity insurance for at least $2m.

For section 44(2) of the Act, the way prescribed is making the application in the approved form.

For section 68(3) of the Act, the following particulars for each registrant are prescribed—

the registrant’s name;

the registrant’s address (including business and postal addresses);

the type of registration held by the registrant;

the day the registrant was first registered for the registrant’s current type of registration under the Act, the repealed Act or a corresponding law;

the day the registrant’s registration expires;

any registration endorsements held by the registrant;

the day any registration endorsements held by the registrant expire;

for a registrant that is a corporation—

the name of an employee or executive officer of the corporation who holds a registration endorsement as a consulting surveyor; and

if the corporation holds another registration endorsement other than as a consulting surveyor—the name of an employee or executive officer of the corporation who holds the other registration endorsement;

if a professional conduct review panel takes disciplinary action against the registrant under section 91 of the Act—details of the disciplinary action;

if QCAT takes disciplinary action against the registrant under section 119 of the Act—details of the disciplinary action, other than the details mentioned in section 127(2) of the Act.

For subsections (1)(i) and (j), the details must be included in the publicly available part of the register for the following period—

if QCAT imposes a disciplinary condition on the registrant’s registration—the period the disciplinary condition is in force;

if a professional conduct review panel or QCAT decides disciplinary action taken against the registrant must be included in the publicly available part of the register for a stated period—the stated period.

For section 72(1) of the Act, the following changes in a registrant’s circumstance are prescribed—

a change of the registrant’s name;

a change of the registrant’s address (including business and postal addresses);

a change of a registration endorsement held by the registrant;

for a registrant that is a corporation—a change of the name of the employee or executive officer of the corporation that is contained in a register under section 7(1)(h)(i) or (ii) for the corporation.

A cadastral surveyor may use the title ‘registered surveyor—land’.

The fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 1.

The Surveyors Regulation 2014, SL No. 183 is repealed.

In this division—

repealed regulation means the repealed Surveyors Regulation 2014.