Survey Co-ordination Act 1944

Upon the application of any public authority or any registered surveyor, the Surveyor-General may, by writing under his hand, exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Act relating to surveys or plans, either permanently or for any specified period and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Surveyor-General thinks fit, any particular survey being carried out, or proposed to be carried out by that authority or surveyor, or any particular plan of survey in the possession of, or to be prepared by, that authority or surveyor, or any class of such surveys or plans, if he is of opinion that compliance with such provisions in respect of the particular survey or plan or class of surveys or plans would entail the disclosure of any information which would adversely affect the public or such authority or the person by whom the surveyor is employed.