Land Survey Amendment Regulations, 2013 (No. R. 645 of 2013)

LAND SURVEY ACT 8, 1997: AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS I, Gugile Ernst Nkwinti, Minister of Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, acting in terms of Land Survey Act 8, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997), after consultation with Survey Regulations Board, hereby amend the Regulations promulgated by Government Notice R1130 of 29 August 1997, as set out in the Schedule hereto. The Regulations will come into operation one month from the date of publication hereof in the Government Gazette. NKWINTI E (MP) MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM STAATSKOERANT, 30 AUGUSTUS 2013 No. 36779 35 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM DEPARTEMENT VAN LANDELIKE ONTWIKKELING EN GRONDHERVORMING No. 645 30 August 2013 SCHEDULE DEFINITIONS 1. "GPS" is hereby amended by the substitution of the following definition: "GNSS means Global Navigation Satellite System" Amendment of Regulation 3 2. Regulation 3 is hereby amended by the entire substitution of sub-regulation (2) (d) by the following sub-regulation: "(d) when its position is determined by GNSS, at least two known points or two independent vectors shall be used;" Amendment of Regulation 6 3. Regulation 6 is hereby entirely amended by the substitution of the regulation by the following regulation: "For the purpose of section 24 of the Act the limit of disagreement from the original diagram is 0,11 \Id where d represents the distance in metres derived from data on the original diagram between any two beacons affected by the subdivision. Any portion of a boundary line shall be deemed to be within the limit when the whole of such boundary line is within such limit." Amendment of Regulation 18 4. Regulation 18 is hereby amended by the substitution of the sub-regulation (1) (e) (ii) and (iii) by the following sub-regulations: 36 No. 36779 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 AUGUST 2013 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za " (e) (ii) the relative positions, descriptions and designations of all beacons, stations or points used, adopted, fixed and calculated during the course of the survey: Provided that descriptions of beacons, stations or other points need not be shown if they appear on the co-ordinate list; (e)(iii) the positions of all curvilinear boundaries, which unless co-odinates are provided,shall be plotted to the scale of the diagram to be framed or to a scale of 1/7 500" Amendment of Regulation 20 5 Regulation 20 is hereby amended by the entire deletion of sub-regulation 20 (2). SHORT TITLE These regulations shall be known as Land Survey Amendment Regulations, 2013. STAATSKOERANT, 30 AUGUSTUS 2013 No. 36779 37 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za