(1) There shall be a Chief Surveyor appointed by the Public Service Commission who shall subject to the provisions of this law—
(a) direct and control all public surveys;
(b) control all other surveys;
(c) examine all general and particular plans of surveys including those required for any registration of land in accordance with the Land Registration Act and approve such plans if satisfied that such surveys have been carried out and the plans prepared in accordance with the Regulations;
(d) take charge of and preserve all survey records;
(e) cancel or amend in accordance with the provisions of any law, and after consultation with the particular surveyor, if available, any survey plan or diagram found to be incorrect or inadequate; and
(f) prepare, certify and issue at the request of any person upon payment of the prescribed fees, copies of diagrams and documents filed within his or her department which are available to the public.
(2) The Chief Surveyor shall be the authority for the preparation and publication of the official maps of Saint Lucia, and no other person shall, without a licence in writing issued by the Chief Surveyor, make use of any material which has been prepared, or published in official maps in the preparation or publication of any other map.