Survey Co-Ordination Act 1958

Upon the application of the proper officer of any department or public authority or any licensed surveyor privately employed, the Surveyor-General may by writing 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 as the Surveyor-General thinks fit) any particular survey being carried out or proposed to be carried out by such department authority or surveyor or any particular plan of survey in the possession of or to be prepared by such department authority or surveyor or any class of such surveys or plans if he is of opinion that compliance with such provisions or any such provision (as the case may be) in respect of such survey or plan or class of surveys or plans would entail the disclosure of any information which would adversely affect the public or such department or authority or would cause undue expense or inconvenience to such department or authority or the person by whom such surveyor is employed.

The Minister of the department concerned or the chairman or president of the public authority concerned or any such licensed surveyor as aforesaid may require that any decision of the Surveyor-General upon any such application as aforesaid be referred by the Minister to the Governor in Council who may by Order exercise all or any of the powers of exemption hereinbefore provided, and the decision of the Governor in Council on any such matters shall be final.

The Minister of the department concerned or the chairman or president of the public authority concerned may require that any requisition of the Surveyor-General made pursuant to this Act be referred by the Minister to the Governor in Council who may by Order cancel or confirm (either with or without modification) such requisition, and the decision of the Governor in Council shall be final.