Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey

The Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey, made under authority of the Cadastral Survey Act 2002, determine how the spatial extent (including boundaries) of interests in a tenure system are defined and described.

Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey 2002/2

Find the Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey 2002/2.

The Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey 2002/2 came into effect 29 October 2002. Version 2002/2 of the rules supersede version 2002/1 (1 June 2002), which incorporated (and superseded) the Survey Regulations 1998 plus Sections 57, 58 and 60 of the Survey Act 1986.

The main changes in version 2002/2 make provision for digital lodgement of cadastral survey datasets into Landonline. The changes are explained in more detail in the document Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey 2002-2 Explanation of Changes (pdf 67KB).

Download a copy of the superseded Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey 2002/1 (pdf 248KB) (1 June 2002).

The main provisions of the Cadastral Survey Act 2002 are outlined in the Surveyor-General's letter to all registered surveyors (pdf 112KB) (29 May 2002).

New Rules for Cadastral Survey 2010

The existing 2002/2 Rules for Cadastral Survey have been reviewed. Find out about the new Rules for Cadastral Survey 2010.