The Surveyor-General has released for public consultation proposed new Rules for Cadastral Survey. Surveyor-General Dr Don Grant says the current Rules were derived from the Survey Regulations 1998 which don’t fully reflect changes made in the Cadastral Survey Act 2002. "The proposed new Rules are designed to better reflect these changes and have been reviewed in line with Land Information New Zealand’s wider regulatory move to optimal regulation," said Dr Grant.
The Rules are the primary tools for setting standards for:
– defining the boundaries of rights and interests in land
– marking these boundaries
– creating parcels (and their appellations)
– cadastral survey plans and datasets that are lodged with Land Information New Zealand.
Proposed changes to the current Rules include:
– boundary marking often not required
– new boundary accuracy standards.
Feedback is invited from land owners, surveyors, those transacting or registering land, land developers, Territorial Authorities and others involved or interested in cadastral surveying. Consultation on the proposed new Rules for Cadastral Survey started on 15 October 2007 and feedback to LINZ must be received by 1 February 2008.
