Part 1 - Preliminary Provisions

Question 1

What is the purpose of the Cadastral Survey Act 2002?

The purpose of this Act is… (3)

Answer 1

• to promote and maintain the acuracy of the cadastre (by requiring surveys to be done by/under LCS, surveys meeting standards of competence, and provide for setting of standards)
• to provide for the electronic lodging and processing of cadastral surveys
• to provide for a national geodetic and national survey control system to be maintained

Question 2

What is the definition of ‘cadastral survey’?

Answer 2

• means the determination and description of the spatial extent (including boundaries) of interests under a tenure system

Question 3

What is the definiton of ‘cadastral survey data’?

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Answer 3

• information in or derived from cadastral surveys

- includes survey system information and tenure system information

Question 4

What is the definition of ‘cadastral survey dataset’?

Answer 4

• the set of cadastral survey data necessary to integrate a cadastral survey into the cadastre

Question 5

What is the definition of ‘cadastral survey mark’?

Answer 5

• a mark placed for the purposes of a cadastral survey

Question 6

What is the definition of ‘cadastre’?

Answer 6

• all the suvey data held by the crown or crown agencies

Question 7

What is the definition of ‘chief executive’?

Answer 7

• the person of the department of state that is responsible for the administration of this Act.

Question 8

What is the definition of ‘digital cadastral survey dataset’?

Answer 8

• cadastral survey dataset in digital form

Question 9

What is the definition of ‘geodetic system’?

Answer 9

• a system that enables positions on the surface of the Earth to be determined by reference to a mathematical model that describes the size and shape of the Earth

Question 10

The definition of land includes… (5)

Answer 10

• subsoil
• airspace
• water
• marine areas
• interests in or over land

Question 11

Who is the ‘Minister’?

Answer 11

• the Minister of the Crown who for the time being is responsible for the administration of the Act.

Question 12

What is the definition of ‘national survey control system’?

Answer 12

• a system used to determine the position of points, features, and boundaries in cadastral surveys and land information systems

Question 13

What is the definition of ‘plan’?

Answer 13

• the graphical representation of a cadastral survey

Question 14

What is the definition of ‘survey mark’?

Answer 14

• a cadastral survey mark or mark used for a national survey control system

Question 15

What is the definition of ‘survey-system information’?

Answer 15

• information derived from, or relating to, survey observations in cadastral surveys.

Question 16

What is the definiton of ‘tenure’?

Answer 16

• the kind of right or title by which land is held.

Question 17

What is the definition of ‘tenure system’?

Answer 17

• a system that provides for the creation and transfer of interests in land

Question 18

What is the definition of ‘tenure-system information’?

Answer 18

• the information necessary to enable the creation or transfer of interests under a tenure system.