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This Act concerns the registration and practice of land surveyors. It consists of 34 sections and 3 Schedules. The sections are divided into 4 Parts: Preliminary (I); Council of Land Surveyors (II); Council, Staff, Register and Registration (III); Cancellation of Registration, Disciplinary inquires and Penalties (IV); General (V).The Council of Land Surveyors, a body corporate, shall appoint a Registrar of Land Surveyors who shall maintain a register in which he shall record such particulars of every person registered as a land surveyor as the Council may, from time to time determine (sects. 3, 13 and 14). No person shall practise land surveying or hold himself out to be a non-practising land surveyor unless he is registered as land surveyor (sect. 15). Section 16 sets out the criteria for the registration of land surveyors. Eligible persons must, among other things, be holders of a certificate issued under section 12 of the Land Survey Act (Chapter 20:12). Section 17 deals with the registration of non-practising land surveyors. The Schedules contain forms of a declaration required under section 16 and Summons to Appear Before the Council of Land Surveyors made under section 23(5) dealing with misconduct.
