Licensed Surveyors Act 1909

There shall be a Land Surveyors Licensing Board which shall consist of —

the Surveyor General who shall be ex officio a member of the Board;

one member appointed by the Governor, on the nomination of the chief executive officer, to represent interests in relation to land registration matters;

one member appointed by the Governor, on the nomination of the Minister, to represent the interests of the users of licensed surveyors’ services;

2 members, who shall be licensed surveyors who hold practising certificates, appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Institute;

one member, who shall be a member of the teaching staff of the course of surveying of an educational institution in this State, appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the educational institution being a nomination made in accordance with subsection (4a).

The Governor shall appoint, on the nomination of the Minister, one of the members of the Board to be the chairman of the Board.

One person appointed under subsection (1)(a), (b), (ba) or (d) shall be a licensed surveyor who holds a practising certificate.

The members of the Board, other than the Surveyor General, shall go out of office on 31 December in every year but shall be eligible for reappointment and shall be deemed to hold office until the appointment of their successors.

The Governor may, on the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Board, remove any member other than the Surveyor General, from the Board.

Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Board by reason of the removal, death, or resignation of any member other than the Surveyor General, the Governor shall, after nomination, appoint a member to fill the vacancy. If the member whose seat has become vacant was nominated by the Minister, the person to fill the vacancy shall be nominated by the Minister, and, if by the chief executive officer, he shall be nominated by the chief executive officer, and, if by the Institute, he shall be nominated by the Institute, and, if by an educational institution in this State, he shall be nominated by the educational institution.

In relation to the appointment of a member pursuant to subsection (1)(d), the Surveyor General shall —

in respect of the occasion of the first appointment of a member as soon as practicable after the coming into operation of section 4 of the Licensed Surveyors Act Amendment Act 1976; and

prior to each occasion thereafter when the office becomes vacant by effluxion of time but not later than 1 November in every year,

Subject to subsection (5a), whenever the Institute or an educational institution neglects or omits to nominate for appointment —

on or before 1 December in every year the members or member of the Board, as the case requires, whom the Institute or that institution, as the case may be, is entitled under the provisions of subsection (1)(c) or (d) to nominate for the then ensuing year;

within one month from the date of the removal, death or resignation of a member of the Board, a person whom the Institute or that institution, as the case may be, is entitled under the provisions of subsection (4) to nominate to fill the vacancy caused thereby,

The Surveyor General shall, in the request made pursuant to subsection (4a), specify the date on or before which the nomination shall be made and where the educational institution neglects or omits to nominate a member of the Board on or before that date the Governor may appoint as member of the Board for the then ensuing year the person nominated by a majority of the existing Board.

All nominations for membership of the Board shall be in writing.

All appointments of members shall be notified in the Government Gazette.