Cadastral Survey Act 2002
The
Cadastral Survey Act was enacted in 2002 by
the Labour lead Government. The Act was
significant as it is the last attempt by a
New Zealand government to deregulate a
profession. How the deregulation was done
was by the removal of the term "Registered
Surveyor" and the associated requirements
for a surveyors education and technical
competences required in order to be allowed to
approve plans.
In
practice, it has been recognised that a
surveyor needs to meet a certain level of
competence, and so the old system of
registration has continued in an almost
identical fashion since the passing of the
Act in 2002. The only change being the
total lack of Government involvement in the
survey profession, the results of which will
only be seen in the future.
The purpose
of the Cadastral Survey Act 2002 is
3 Purpose
The purpose of
this Act is—
(a) to
promote and
maintain the
accuracy of
the cadastre
by—
(i) requiring
cadastral
surveys
to be
done by,
or under
the
direction
of,
licensed
cadastral
surveyors;
and
(ii) requiring
cadastral
surveyors
to meet
standards
of
competence
to be
licensed;
and
(iii) providing
for the
setting
of
standards
for
cadastral
surveys
and
cadastral
survey
data;
and
(b) to
provide,
either on an
optional or
mandatory
basis, for
the
electronic
lodging and
processing
of cadastral
surveys; and
(c) to
provide for
a national
geodetic
system and a
national
survey
control
system to be
maintained.
This means
the Act is to promote and maintain the
system of recording all properties
boundaries in New Zealand. This is done by
requiring surveyors to be of a certain level
of competence in order to become licensed.
This Act also introduced the platform for
the computer registration of property
boundaries known as Landonline.
The
Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board was
created by the Act.
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