Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) (Amendment) Rules 1996

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 06 Sep 1996

No. S 411

Land Surveyors Act

(Chapter 156)

Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) (Amendment) Rules 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40 of the Land Surveyors Act, the Land Surveyors Board, with the approval of the Minister for Law, hereby makes the following Rules:

1. These Rules may be cited as the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into operation on 16th September 1996.

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2. Rule 3 of the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (5), the following paragraphs:

“(6) The Board may cancel, refuse to renew, or suspend for such period as the Board thinks fit, the registration of a field assistant if the field assistant is, in the opinion of the Board, unable to carry out the duties of a field assistant effectively.

(7) No fee or part thereof shall be refunded by the Board in respect of the unexpired period of any registration which has been cancelled or suspended under paragraph (6).

(8) Any registered surveyor who employs as a field assistant any person —

(a)	who at or during the time of the employment is not registered by the registered surveyor with the Board as a field assistant; or
(b)	whose registration with the Board as a field assistant at or during the time of the employment has not been renewed, or has been suspended or cancelled,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.”.

3. Rule 28 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(1) The first diagram page of the field notes of every survey shall bear a certificate signed by the registered surveyor in the following form:

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that these field notes and diagrams on pages ____ to ____ are a correct and complete record of the field work done by me, or under my immediate personal direction and supervision, in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor.”.

(2) Where a plan is wholly compiled by a registered surveyor from certified plans, the first diagram page of the field book showing that compilation shall bear a certificate signed by the registered surveyor in the following form:

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that these diagrams on pages ____ to ____ are a correct and complete record of the compilation done by me, or under my immediate personal direction and supervision, in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor”.

(3) Where a plan is prepared by a registered surveyor partly from field work carried out by him and partly by compilation from certified plans, the first diagram page of the field notes shall bear a certificate signed by the registered surveyor in the following form:

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that these field notes and diagrams on pages ____ to ____ are a correct and complete record of the field work and compilation done by me, or under my immediate personal direction and supervision, in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor”.”.

4. The principal Rules are amended by deleting rule 61 and substituting the following rule:

“Certification of plans

61. Every plan shall bear a certificate in one of the following forms:

(a)

where the plan has been prepared by the registered surveyor from field work done wholly by him or under his immediate personal direction and supervision —

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that this plan correctly represents the survey done wholly by me, or under my immediate personal direction and supervision, in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor”;

(b)

where the plan has been prepared by the registered surveyor from field work done wholly by or under the immediate personal direction and supervision of another registered surveyor —

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that this plan correctly represents the survey done wholly by, or under the immediate personal direction and supervision of, _________________ in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor”;

(c)

where the plan has been prepared by the registered surveyor from field work done partly by him or under his immediate personal direction and supervision and partly by or under the immediate personal direction and supervision of another registered surveyor —

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that this plan correctly represents the survey done partly by me or under my immediate personal direction and supervision, and partly by or under the immediate personal direction and supervision of ________________, in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor”;

(d)

where the plan has been prepared by the registered surveyor partly from field work, and partly by compilation from certified plans, done by him or under his immediate personal direction and supervision —

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that this plan correctly represents the survey, and the compilation from certified plans, done by me, or under my immediate personal direction and supervision, in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor”; and

(e)

where the plan is wholly compiled from certified plans by the registered surveyor or under his immediate personal direction and supervision —

“I, ___________________, a surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act, certify that this plan correctly represents the compilation from certified plans done by me, or under my immediate personal direction and supervision, in strict compliance with the Land Surveyors (Conduct of Title Surveys) Rules.

(Signature and date of certification)

Registered Surveyor”.”.

Made this 4th day of September 1996.

LOW OON SONG

President,
Land Surveyors Board,
Singapore.

[LSB 61 Vol. 4; AG/LEG/SL/156/96/1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 40(3) of the Land Surveyors Act).

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