OSG Legislation and Notices of the Surveyor-General

OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL

Legislation and Notices of the Surveyor-General

Cadastral surveying in South Australia is regulated by the following policies and regulations:

Survey Act 1992

Survey Act 1992
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Survey Regulations 2020

Survey Regulations 2020
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Notice of the Surveyor-General No 1

Notice of the Surveyor-General No 1 - Accuracy
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Notice of the Surveyor-General No 2

Notice of the Surveyor-General No 2 - Marks approved as survey pegs
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Notice of the Surveyor-General No 3

Notice of the Surveyor-General No 3 - Placing or accepting survey marks
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  • Notification of Final Marking form – Form to notify the Surveyor-General of final marking of these subdivisions and provide the Surveyor-General with coordinates of the permanent survey marks.


Notice of the Surveyor-General No 4

Notice of the Surveyor-General No 4 – Placing Permanent Survey Marks and Provision of Information for Permanent Survey Marks
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Combined Scale Factor (CSF) calculator – Combined Scale Factor (CSF) calculator to convert ground distances to MGA2020 grid distances for PSM coordination
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Provision of PSM coordinates spreadsheet – Spreadsheet to provide the Surveyor-General with coordinates for permanent survey marks
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PSM Locality Plan
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Type B PU Reactive Soil Area map – Map that shows Reactive Soil Areas
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  • PSM Coordinate Error Report – Form to notify the Surveyor-General of an error in permanent survey mark coordinates and provide the new coordinates.


Notice of the Surveyor-General No 5

Notice of the Surveyor-General No 5 – Survey Reports
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Certified Survey Plan Checklist
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  • PCplans – Application used by surveyors to check mathematical polygon closures and compare plan data against the published Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020) coordinates of permanent survey marks.


Notice of the Surveyor-General No 6 

Notice of the Surveyor-General No 6 – Approved Form of Certificate
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Notice of the Surveyor-General No 7 

Notice of the Surveyor-General No 7 – Exemptions
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We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal peoples as the state's first peoples and nations, and recognise them as traditional owners and occupants of land and waters in South Australia. Further, we acknowledge that the spiritual, social, cultural and economic practices of Aboriginal peoples come from their traditional lands and waters, that they maintain their cultural and heritage beliefs, languages and laws which are of ongoing importance, and that they have made and continue to make a unique and irreplaceable contribution to the state. We acknowledge that Aboriginal peoples have endured past injustice and dispossession of their traditional lands and waters.