Land Survey (Training in Practical Survey Work) Regulations (Chapter 33:01)

Copyright Government of Botswana LAND SURVEY (TRAINING IN PRACTICAL SURVEY WORK) REGULATIONS (under section 46) (9th April, 1964) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATION 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Practical training for recognition as a land surveyor G.N. 36, 1964, L.N. 84, 1966. 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Land Survey (Training in Practical Survey Work) Regulations. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations "Board" means the Land Surveyors' Board established under section 4 of the Act; "survey work" means such land survey operations, the nature of which shall be approved by the Board and includes title surveys; "title surveys" means survey operations executed with a view to the registration of land or real rights therein or to the relocation of beacons, and includes the preparation of the relevant survey records as defined in regulation 59 of the Land Survey Regulations. 3. Practical training for recognition as a land surveyor (1) For the purposes of proviso (i) to section 7(1) of the Act, and subject to the provisions of subregulation (3), the training in practical survey work to be served, shall be the carrying out of survey work under the direct personal supervision of a surveyor practising as such and qualified for registration as a land surveyor under the Act. (2) The period of such training shall be 270 working days: Provided that no less than half such period shall be occupied in title surveys, the nature of which shall be approved by the Board. (3) If a person has undergone training, which in the opinion of the Board is equivalent to the training referred to in subregulation (1), he may be granted exemption from such portion of the period of training prescribed in subregulation (2) as the Board may determine: Provided that no such exemption shall Copyright Government of Botswana (i) reduce the requisite period of training to less than 200 working days; or (ii) be granted in the case of a person referred to in section 7(1)(e) of the Act in respect of training served before the completion of the first year of study. (4) Recognition of any period of training undergone by a candidate outside Botswana shall be subject to the provision that during such period laws relating to the survey of land in the country concerned were in the opinion of the Board, substantially the same as those in Botswana. (5) Proof of employment during the period of training shall be submitted to the Board in the form of a certificate as prescribed hereunder CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENT (a) I, ................................................................................ a land surveyor practising in Botswana/a surveyor qualified for registration as a land surveyor * (3)under the Land Survey Act, and practising in ........................................................................................ do hereby certify that Mr .................................................................................. has been engaged in practical survey work under my direct supervision for the following periods ............................................................................................................................ ....................................................................................................................................... .. and that, for not less than .................................................................................. days of this period he was occupied on title surveys, particulars of which in regard to the time and nature of the work, are annexed. Dated at ......................................................... on the ................ day of ..................................................... ............................................. Land Surveyor/Surveyor (b) The certificate prescribed in this regulation shall be supported by an annexure in the form of a diary, signed by the land surveyor or the surveyor and the employee, in which detailed particulars of all survey work are entered. (c) The Board may dispense with the certificate prescribed in this subregulation, if it is satisfied that the land surveyor or the surveyor with whom the employee was employed unreasonably refuses, or for some reason is not in a position to grant the certificate: Provided that proof to its satisfaction can be given that the employee was actually employed under the personal supervision of such land surveyor or surveyor for the periods during which he claims to have been so employed. Copyright Government of Botswana (d) The Board may require the employee to undergo such further training as it may deem fit and may refuse to accept a certificate for a shorter period of training than 45 working days. (6) The fee payable for registration as a land surveyor shall be P10,50. Copyright Government of Botswana Endnotes 1 (Popup - Popup) Delete item inapplicable. 2 (Popup - Popup) Delete whichever is inapplicable. 3 (Popup - Popup) Delete whichever is not applicable.