Circular Memoranda - Surveyor General

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Circular Memoranda issued by Surveyors-General since 1979

*Denotes no longer relevant or superseded. Copies may be obtained from the Office of the Surveyor-General.

Number
Date
Title
No. 2/2023
29 September 2023​Surveyors Act 2002 Amendments
Postponement of the Repeal Date of the Surveyors Regulations 2014
Proposed Supervision Directions
 No. 1/2023​​
6 June 2023​
​Compliance with Survey Mark Symbol Requirements of Survey Directions, Tasmania
No. 4/2022
15 November 2022​​Compliance with Requirements of the Surveyors Act 2002
No. 3/2022​​
26 October 2022​​Title Boundaries Depicted on Detail Survey Plans
Sections 16, 23 and 23A Surveyors Act 2002
No. 2/2022​​
21 October 2022​​Legal Implications of 'Direct' Supervision
Section 16(2) Surveyors Act 2002
​No. 1/2022
6 April 2022​​Use of Local Coordinated Marks

​Automatic Mutual Recognition of Occupational Registration

Update on 2021/2022 Aerial Data Capture Program
No. 1/2021​​​
8 July 2021​

​Automatic Mutual Recognition of Occupational Registration

No. 3/2020​

30 September 2020​

​Survey Directions, Tasmania effective 1 October 2020
Varied requirements for some remark surveys
Varied requirement 1 to Survey Directions, Tasmania
Varied requirement 2 to Survey Directions, Tasmania

No. 2/2020

26 March 2020​

​GDA2020 Update
Revised Survey Directions, Tasmania - feedback period extended to 24 April 2020

No. 1/2020​​

10 March 2020​

​GDA2020 Adoption
Revised Survey Directions, Tasmania

No. 5/2018​​

19 December 2018​

​Compliance with Survey Directions, Tasmania
Varied requirement 1 to Survey Directions, Tasmania
Varied requirement 2 to Survey Directions, Tasmania
Deferred marking guidelines
Plans of survey and survey notes deposited in the Central Plan Office

No. 4/2018

​14 September 2018

​Survey Directions, Tasmania effective 14 September 2018

No. 3/2018
​21 May 2018
​Compliance with Professional Development Directions, Tasmania
OSG Workshops in July for Registered Land Surveyors and Candidates
No. 2​/2018​​
​1 May 2018
Exempt Surveys Directions, Tasmania Enacted
Revised Survey Directions, Tasmania Postponed
GDA2020 Update

No. 1/2018

22 January 2018​
​Improper use of stakes as boundary marks
No. 1/2017​
20 September 2017​​Continuing Professional Development

No. 3/​2016

14 December 2016​​Coordination of Surveys of Land - Update
No. 2/2016
29 June 2016​​Continuing Professional Development Recording
No. 1/2016​
2 May 2016​​Modernisation of Australia's National Datum
No. 3/201523 Dec​ember 2015​​Professional Development Directions
No. 2​/2​0​​15​​30 September 2015​​Surveyors Register and Renewal of Registration for 2016
​No. 1/2015
​19 June 2015
​Audit Program 2015/16
No. 1/2014

​12 D​​ecember 2014

​Amendments to Surveyors Act 2002
Surveyors Regulations 2014
Survey Directions 10 December 2014

No. 2/2013

13 December 2013

Review of the Surveyors Regulations 2003

No. 1/2013

4 February 2013

Tasmanian Bushfires - Survey Recovery Plan for the Tasman Peninsula

No. 5/2012

4 October 2012

Review of Surveyors Act 2002

No. 4/2012

13 July 2012

Re-mark and Identifcation Surveys

No. 3/2012

21 June 2012

Survey Audit Program - Review of Surveyors Act 2002

No. 2/2012

25 May 2012

Using RTK GNSS in Cadastral Surveys

No. 1/2​012

1 May 2012

Survey Audit Outcomes 2011

28 November 2011
Increase in Registration Fees for Tasmanian Surveyors
12 October 2011
Tasmanian Online Plans Workshops
1 June 2011
Restructure of the Geospatial Infrastructure & Surveying Web Pages
18 Oct​ober 2010
Survey Audit Outcomes
27 July 2010
Geodetic Issues Register - online service; Tasmanian Land Surveyors Accreditation Board website
1 July 2010
LISTmap Survey Search Information
16 June 2010
EDM Calibration Service
30 November 2009
Revised Survey Audit Program; LISTmap - Boundary Segments Layer, Survey Investigation Layer
20 July 2009
Survey Information Service
5 January 2009
Coordination of Surveys of Land; LIST Cadastre Positional Uncertainty; Sample Survey Notes
12 November 2008
Fees for Central Plan Office Searches; Survey Information Service
20 October 2008
Reintroduction of Registration Fees for Tasmanian Surveyors
1 May 2008
Use of AUSPOS Positioning Service for the Coordination of Surveys of Land; Use of Launceston City Council DSMs for Control of Surveys of Land; Survey Directions section 2.1.2.3
1 May 2008
Revised Survey Audit Program
26 February 2008
Revised Survey Directions
26 June 2007
Submission of Survey Notes for Information Only
No. 2/2006*
28 August ​2006
Review of Survey Directions
7 April 2006
Changes in the policy and procedures for the assessment of tenders for the provision of surveying services
17 November 2005
Proposed changes regarding requisitions, performance indicators, and assessment of tenders
22 December 2004
Implementation of Survey Directions: Transitional Arrangements
14 December 2004
Coordination of Surveys of Land
No. 3/2004*
14 December 2004
Implementation of Survey Directions
No. 2/2004*
16 September 2004
Review of Survey Audit Policies
No. 1/2004*
23 July 2004
Draft Survey Directions
No. 3/2003*
16 December 2003
Survey Audit Review
No. 2/2003*
31 July 2003
Review of Procedures for Audits, Performance Indicators and Brokerage
No. 1/2003*
19 February 2003
Implementation if the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994
No. 4/2002*
23 December 2002
Implementation of the Surveyors Act 2002 and Associated Directions
No. 3/2002*
15 November 2002
Registration of Tasmanian Surveyors 2003
No. 2/2002*
14 October 2002
Survey Audit Classification Criteria
No. 1/2002*
24 May 2002
Survey Brokerage, Audit & Requisition Procedures,
Application of Revised Criteria in the Assessment of Tenders
No. 2/2000*
22 Sept 2000
Documentation of Co-ordinates on Cadastral Surveys
No. 1/2000*
24 March 2000
Accuracy Requirements for LIST Cadastral Data and a Coordinated Cadastral Boundary System
No. 2/1997*
3 February 1997
Brokerage of Survey Services to Government
No. 1/1997*
3 February 1997
Revised Role & Structure - Office of the Surveyor General
12 January 1996
Depiction of Boundary Dimensions - Marine Farm Leases
2 Sept 1994
Survey of Marine Farm Boundaries
18 February 1994
Surveyors' Role & Survey Requirements - Marine Farm Boundaries
20 October 1992
Plan Preparation: Rounding of areas and dimensions Plans registered in the Office of the Surveyor General
No. 4/1983*
18 March 1983
Preservation & Maintenance of Survey Control Marks
No. 2/1981*
7 October 1981
Lands Office Survey Note Requirements
No. 1/1981*
14 April ​1981
Survey Coordination Act 1944 - Departmental Survey Requirements

24 O​ctober ​

19​79

Compilation of Surveys

A list of archived circulars issued by the previous Surveyors Board of Tasmania (constituted under the Land Surveyors Act 1909) is also available.​​

Contact

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Scott Strong
134 Macquarie Street,
HOBART, TAS, 7000.