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s 2In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

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"Board" means the Land Surveyors Board estab-lished under section 3;

"boundary mark" means any mark authorised by law for the purpose of making boundaries;

"Government surveyor" means any public officer who is authorised for the time being by the Sur-veyor General to undertake any title survey;

"licence to practise" means licence to practise as a licensed land surveyor issued under the provisions of section 7;

"licensed land surveyor" means a person whose name has been placed upon the Register and to whom a licence to practice has been issued by the

Board;

"Register" means the register of licensed land sur-veyors kept in accordance with section 4;

"Surveyor General" means the officer for the time being performing the duties of the head of the Sur-vey Department;

"Survey plan" means a plan signed by a licensed land surveyor recording the work carried out by 3

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Appointment of Board for the purposes of this Act

Licensed Land Surveyors him on a title survey, or a plan signed by an officer authorised by the Surveyor General to do so and recording the work of a Government surveyor;

"title survey" means any survey which by any writ-ten law is required for the purpose of or in connec-tion with the registration of any title to land or of assurance or instrument affecting or purporting to affect title to land and includes in connection here-with

(a)

the delimitation of the boundaries of any land whether privately owned or not;

(b)

the emplacement, replacement and removal of boundary marks;

(c)

surveys required for the correct inter-relation of boundaries or of boundary marks;

(d)

the marking and recording of all measure-ments and calculations relevant thereto and the drawing and reproduction of plans therefrom.

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