Authorised land officer’s powers for Act s. 32
20 Authorised land officer’s powers for Act s. 32
For the purposes of section 32 of the Act, an authorised land officer may, by written notice given within 2 years after the survey was lodged, require a departmental surveyor to amend, or to provide more information in relation to, a survey.
If a departmental surveyor (surveyor at fault) does not make the amendment or provide the information within the time specified in the notice the authorised land officer may —
arrange for another surveyor to make the amendment or provide the information; and
by written notice require the surveyor at fault to pay the costs of having the amendment made, or the information provided, by the other surveyor.
If the surveyor at fault does not pay those costs within the time specified in the notice, the authorised land officer may recover the costs as a debt due to the Crown by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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