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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

Land Surveyors Regulations – Section 28 (Statutory Instruments 68/1984 and 53/1986)

Statutory Instrument 68/1984 .. in force 22 December 1984

Amended by S.I. 53/1986 .. in force 7 June 1986

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART 1
PRELIMINARY

1.Citation
2.Interpretation

PART 2
REGULATIONS AFFECTING ALL SURVEYS MADE UNDER
SECTION 14 OF THE PRINCIPAL LAW

3.Disputes
4.Units of measurement
5.Systems of co-ordinates and projections
6.Maintenance
7.Presentation of surveys
8.Permissible errors of measurement
9.Checking of surveys
10.Information prior to surveys
11.Prior approval of statutory authorities
12.Authority for entry upon land
13.Employment of unqualified assistant
14.Fees in respect of services rendered by the Chief Surveyor
15.Fees chargeable by licensed surveyors

PART 3
SURVEY MARKS, BOUNDARY BEACONS AND BOUNDARIES

16.Design and specification of survey marks
17.Placement of survey marks
18.Line beacons and river beacons and new curvilinear boundary
19.Placing beacon on boundary line
20.Beacons placed from computed data
21.When beacon cannot be placed
22.Damaged beacons to be repaired
23.Trigonometrical stations to be repaired
24.Missing beacons and report
25.Re-establishment of missing beacons
26.Redundant beacons
27.Surveys and re-establishment of boundaries

PART 4
SURVEYS PERFORMED BY TRIANGULATION, TRILATERATION, TRAVERSE AND AIR SURVEYS

28.Guiding principle
29.Main control surveys
30.Minor control surveys
31.Control station numbering
32.Boundary surveys

FIXED BOUNDARY SURVEYS

33.Fixed boundary survey connected to national control network
34.Instruments
35.Accuracy
36.Method of observing
37.Closing of traverses
38.Surveying of boundary beacons
39.Degree of slope
40.Curvilinear
41.Air Survey

GENERAL BOUNDARY SURVEYS

42.Guiding principle of general boundary surveys
43.Connection to control
44.Accuracy
45.Method of survey
46.Method of observing
47.Chief Surveyor's discretion

PART 5
FIELD NOTES

48.Recording of observations for control work
49.Damaged beacons
50.Method of marking field notes
51.Erasures and corrections
52.Nomenclature
53.Cover page and Index
54.Unorthodox methods
55.Topographical features

PART 6
COMPUTATIONS

56.Computations to be on special forms
57.Method of colouring entries on computation sheets
58.Triangulation and trilateration
59.Traverses
60.Independent checks to be made
61.Areas
62.Degree of accuracy of calculating
63.Presentation of report and computations

PART 7
PLANS

64.Plans to be drawn on special forms
65.Scales
66.Plotting of curvilinear boundaries
67.Plotting by co-ordinates
68.General rules
69.Abutting boundaries
70.Co-ordinates and numerical data
71.Triangulation charts
72.Colours and style printing
73.Topographical features
74.Erasures or corrections
75.Certificate
76.Authentication by Chief Surveyor

PART 8
MISCELLANEOUS

77.Public access to maps and plans
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4

Commencement [22 December 1984]