Part 2 - Administration

Question 1

Before someone can hold the position of Surveyor General, they must have been one of three things. These are… (3)

Answer 1

• licensed cadastral surveyor
• registered surveyor under the survey act 1986
• entitled to practice cadastral surveys outside of New Zealand

Question 2

What are the functions and duties of the Surveyor General? (13)

maintain x 2
set standards x 4
advise x 1
issue guidelines x 1
provide advice x 1
undertake research x 1
audit x 2

Answer 2

• to maintain a national geodetic system
• to maintain a national survey control system
• to determine how the spatial extents of interests under a tenure system must be defined and described by setting standards
• to advise the board of any significant failures by cadastral surveyors to comply with set standards
• to set standards for integrating new surveys into the cadastre
• to set standards for the structure and storage of cadastral survey data
• to set standards for determining when cadastral survey datasets may be used to define interests under tenure systems
• to issue guidelines about standards set by the Surveyor General
• to provide advice for tenure systems on matters relating to spatial definition of interests under those systems
• to undertake research and liase with people for the purposes of the Surveyor General’s functions
• to audit compliance by cadastral surveyors with the standards set
• to audit the exercise of the chief executive’s functions
• to perform any other functions conferred on him/her by this act

Question 3

In exercising his/her functions, the Surveyor General must have regard to… (4)

Answer 3

• the risks to the crown and owners of interests in land of inaccuracies in cadastral surveys
• the efficiency and effectiveness of measures to manage risks to the accuracy of cadastral surveys
• the efficiency with which the costs/benefits of those measures will be allocated among the Crown/cadastral surveyors/current and future owners of land
• the use of cadastral survey data for purposes other than cadastral surveys

Question 4

Delegation of the Surveyor Generals functions, duties and powers…(7)

Answer 4

• can delegate to any employee of the chief executive or any other suitable person
• may be made to a specified person, persons of a specified class, or to the holder of a specified office
• is revocable in writing at any time
• does not prevent the exercise of any power or performance of any duty by the surveyor general
• continues in force according to its tenor despite any changes to person who is holding office as surveyor general
• person delegated to can exercise those powers or perform those duties with the same manner and effect as if they weren’t delegated
• in absence to the contrary, a person acting under delegation is presumed to be acting in accordance with its terms

Question 5

What are the functions of the chief executive? (7)

Answer 5

• to determine whether cadastral survey datasets and cadastral surveys comply with standards under 7(1)(c)
• to provide facilities to receive cadastral survey datasets
• to set the conditions for the use of these facilities
• to audit compliance with these conditions
• to integrate new cadastral surveys into the cadastre
• to determine the structure of, and to store and provide access to cadastral survey data
• to exercise any other functions conferred on the chief executive by this Act or the minister

Question 6

What are the functions and duties of the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board? (7)

Answer 6

• to maintain a register of cadastral surveyors licensed under this Act:
• to receive applications for licences under this Act as cadastral surveyors and to issue licences
• to set fees for the issue and renewal of licences under this Act:
• to issue and update standards that persons applying/renewing for licencesunder this Act must meet
• to investigate complaints about cadastral surveyors and take disciplinary action in appropriate cases
• to provide information to the Minister about cadastral surveyors as requested by the Minister:
• to perform any other functions or duties conferred on it by this Act or
  any other enactment.

Question 7

The membership of the cadstral surveyors licensing board consists of…(2)

Answer 7

• 5 members appointed by the minister
  
  • 2 persons of whom 1 has been a licensed cadastral surveyor and both have been nominated by a body representing licensed cadastral surveyors
  • 2 persons who are licensed cadastral surveyors and have not been nominated by a body representing licensed cadastral surveyors
  • 1 person who is not a licensed cadastral surveyor and who does not work in or represent the surveying profession
• the surveyor general