CHAPTER 188 - LAND SURVEY ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY
Non-Cadastral Survey and Mapping (Fees and Charges) Notice 1996
[Section 39]
Arrangement of Regulations
Regulation
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Title
2. Interpretation
3. Licence
4. Notification of postal address
5. Units of measure and conversion factors
6. Survey fees
7. Surveyor-General to be taxing officer
8. Fees of office
PART II
CHECKING OF SURVEY WORK
9. Surveyor-General may have field work checked
10. Testing of doubtful surveys
PART III
FIELD WORK
11. Information to be obtained prior to survey
12. Testing of instruments
13. Land surveyors to have a field book
14. Observations of horizontal angles
15. Surveys to be based on trigonometrical stations or reference marks
16. Determination of position of trigonometrical stations
17. Surveys by traverse
18. Surveys by triangulation from measured base
19. Devious connections
20. Survey stations and traverse points
21. Reductions of measurements
22. Orientation and position
23. Determination of azimuth by astronomical observations
24. Field checks
25. Classification of surveys and standards of accuracy
26. Verification of existing beacons and adoption of existing data
27. Line beacons
28. Accepted curvilinear boundaries
29. River boundaries from aerial photographs
30. Topography
31. Allowable difference between original and subsequent surveys
PART IV
BEACONS
32. Beacons required
33. Beacon specifications
34. When beacon not required
35. Indicatory beacons
36. Restoration of missing or dilapidated beacons
37. Beacons to be numbered
38. Beacons and boundaries of parcels of land
PART V
SURVEY RECORDS
39. Survey records required
40. Computations
41. Co-ordinates of a point on a straight line
42. Comparison of data
43. Report
44. Working plan
PART VI
GENERAL PLANS
45. When required
46. Materials, size, margins and accuracy
47. Scales
48. Symbols for beacons
49. Co-ordinate grid
50. Title
51. Co-ordinates required
52. Statement of co-ordinates
53. Co-ordinates not required
54. Data required
55. Contiguous parcels of land
56. True North
57. Radius
58. Locality plan
59. River boundaries and topography
60. Connecting data
61. Description of beacons and stations
62. Dilapidated and untidy general plans
63. Signature and date
64. Amendments
65. Colours
66. Limits of inconsistency
67. Compiled general plan
PART VII
DIAGRAMS
68. Form, quality, size of paper and margins
69. Ink
70. Figure, scale, information and general style
71. Beacon letters and verbal definition
72. Numerical data
73. Official designations only to be shown
74. Geographical positions
75. Photographic and other copies
PART VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
76. Surveys from aerial photographs
77. Unqualified assistants
78. Revocation of Land Survey Regulations
[Regulations by the Minister]
SI 99 of 1971,
SI 156 of 1976,
SI 33 of 1978,
SI 179 of 1982,
SI 182 of 1990,
SI 95 of 1991,
SI 158 of 1992,
SI 33 of 1994,
SI 66 of 1996,
SI 103 of 1998,
SI 8 of 1999,
SI 19 of 2004.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
These Regulations may be cited as the Land Survey Regulations.
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“angle”, when used in relation to a figure on a diagram or general plan, means the value of the interior angle within a closed figure made by the intersection of two contiguous straight boundary lines of such figure, or by the intersection of a straight boundary line with a theoretical line joining consecutive beacons of the figure between which the boundary is curvilinear or by the intersection of two such contiguous theoretical lines;
“arc of observation” means two successive rounds of horizontal observations taken in opposite directions to each other with the telescope reversed for the second round;
“figure of regular shape” means a rectangle, a right-angled triangle, or a right-angled trapezium, whether or not one or more of its corners is cut off by a right-angled triangle;
“left bank of a river” means that bank of the river which is on the left side of the watercourse when facing downstream;
“middle of river” means the line midway between the right and left banks;
“the Act” means the Land Survey Act;
“parent diagram” means the diagram of a parent parcel of land;
“parent parcel” means a parcel of land which is sub-divided or a portion of which is subject to easement rights;
“original diagram” means the registered diagram of a parcel of land which is to be superseded by a new diagram for the purposes of rectification or consolidation of title;
“registered diagram” means the diagram to which the current registered title of a parcel of land relates;
“registry” means the Registry of Deeds established under the Lands and Deeds Registry Act;
“right bank of a river” means the bank of the river which is on the right side of the watercourse when facing downstream;
“side” when used in relation to a figure on a diagram, general plan or deed plan, means the length of a straight boundary line represented thereon, or the length of a theoretical line joining consecutive beacons between which the boundary is curvilinear;
“sub-division” means a portion of a parcel of land, which parcel of land is represented on a general plan or diagram deposited with the Surveyor-General;
“trigonometrical station” means any station established in the systematic geodetic survey of Zambia;
Every licence to practise as a land surveyor issued by the Board in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Act shall be in the form set forth in the First Schedule.
4. Notification of postal address
Every land surveyor shall furnish the Surveyor-General with a permanent address in Zambia to which all correspondence dispatched to him by mail is to be sent and shall promptly notify the Surveyor-General of any change of such postal address.
5. Units of measure and conversion factors
(1) The units of measure in all calculations and on all plans and diagrams shall be—
(a) the metre for linear distances;
(b) the hectare or square metre for areas;
(c) sexagesimal measure for angles and angles of direction:
Provided that the Surveyor-General may authorise the use of English measure for any surveys commenced before the date of commencement of these regulations and for a period of six months thereafter:
Provided further that diagrams approved before the date of commencement of these Regulations shall remain effective.
(2) To convert from English feet to metres the conversion factor to be used will be—
1 English foot = 0.304799472 metre.
Unless a land Surveyor and his client have agreed to other charges, the fees to be paid for surveys undertaken by a land surveyor shall be in accordance with the Second Schedule.
[Am by SI 156 of 1976; 179 of 1982;182 of 1990.]
7. Surveyor-General to be taxing officer
Subject to the provisions of regulation 6, the Surveyor-General shall exercise all the functions of a taxing officer in relation to fees charged by a land surveyor under the tariff of fees prescribed in the Second Schedule.
The fees of office to be paid to the Surveyor-General shall be in accordance with the Third Schedule.
PART II
CHECKING OF SURVEY WORK
9. Surveyor-General may have field work checked
The Surveyor-General may at any time depute a land surveyor to—
(a) check in the field any survey made by another land surveyor under the Act or any information recorded in connection with such survey; or
(b) test any surveying instrument or measuring bands used by another land surveyor; or
(c) inspect and report upon the erection and maintenance of beacons in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these regulations.
10. Testing of doubtful surveys
(1)—
(a) Whenever the Surveyor-General has reason to suspect that the accuracy of any survey is not within the limits prescribed in regulation 25, he may, in writing, call on the land surveyor responsible to admit or deny the suspected inaccuracy within a period of thirty days from the date of such writing.
(b) If the land surveyor admits the inaccuracy he shall, without delay, take the appropriate steps to rectify his error as required by paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act.
(c) If the land surveyor denies the inaccuracy he and the Surveyor-General may agree upon another land surveyor, who may be an officer of the Government, to be appointed to test the accuracy of the survey in question; should the Surveyor-General and the land surveyor fail so to agree, the Board shall appoint another land surveyor to test the survey.
(d) The land surveyor whose survey is to be tested may be present at his own expense during the testing of the survey.
(2) Should a land surveyor, when called upon by the Surveyor-General in pursuance of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1), fail either to admit or deny the inaccuracy of his work, the Surveyor-General may, without further reference to such land surveyor, appoint another land surveyor to test the survey.
(3)—
(a) In the event of the test survey proving to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General that the accuracy of the survey so tested is not within the prescribed limits, the Surveyor-General may reject the whole or any portion of the survey and charge the cost of the test to the land surveyor responsible for the inaccurate survey.
(b) Should the test survey prove to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General that the accuracy of the survey he had doubted is within the prescribed limits and that the survey has been carried out in accordance with these regulations, the land surveyor responsible for the survey shall not be liable for any portion of the costs of the test survey.
PART III
FIELD WORK
11. Information to be obtained prior to survey
(1) Before carrying out any survey a land surveyor shall provide himself with all available information in respect of any previous surveys of the parcel of land to be surveyed, and of all adjoining parcels of land.
(2) The Surveyor-General will furnish this information to land surveyors free of charge if it is available at his office.
(1) Every land surveyor shall ensure that all measuring bands used by him are properly standardised at least once a year under the direction of the Surveyor-General, and also that his theodolite and other instruments are in a proper state of adjustment.
(2) The Surveyor-General may call upon a land surveyor at any time to submit to him any of his measuring bands or other distance measuring instruments for testing, and a land surveyor may, if he so wishes, submit any of his measuring bands for testing at lesser intervals than one year; such testing will be done free of charge.
(3) The Surveyor-General shall assign a distinctive number to each of the measuring bands tested under his direction and, in the field notes of every survey, the land surveyor shall quote the respective number or numbers so assigned to the measuring band or bands used.
(4) The Surveyor-General may condemn any instrument or measuring band which he considers unfit for survey work, or he may prescribe on what class of work any particular instrument may be used.
13. Land surveyors to have a field book
(1) When carrying out a survey, every land surveyor shall keep and maintain a field book, in such form and in such manner as the Surveyor-General may require, in which he shall record the following information in connection with such survey—
(a) the type and other particulars of the odolites and other instruments used, the official numbers of the measuring bands used, the tension applied to the measuring bands in taking measurements and, where sag corrections are to be applied, the weight of that particular measuring band;
(b) all angular observations, linear measurements, and the slope, temperature and length involved in corrections for sag; when a measurement of length exceeds the length of the tape used, each tape length shall be recorded in the field book;
(c) the date on which the observations are made at each observing point, entered above the column of readings;
(d) any special circumstances which may affect the quality of any observation, noted in an appropriate position and, if possible, on the same page; and
(e) a full description of all beacons, whether placed or found, and other marks used in the course of the survey; it shall be clearly stated whether each beacon was found or placed, and in the former case a description of its condition, as found and as left, shall be given.
(2)—
(a) All observations and measurements made in the field shall be recorded in the field book clearly and legibly in pencil at the time of making such observations; the contents of each page in the field book shall be shown in an index thereto.
(b) Any entries in the field book, other than those of actual observations or measurements made in the field, shall be written in ink unless under exceptional circumstances this is impracticable; entries of data for placing new beacons shall be written in ink and cross-referenced to the pages containing the computations by which such data were determined.
(c) On no account shall erasures be made in the field book; any alterations must be made in the field, as the result of actual direct re-observations or re-measurements, at the time of such re-observations or re-measurements, and by drawing a line through the erroneous entry in such a way that the original remains legible, the correct value of the entry being written outside the erroneous entry and never across it.
(3) A field plan, not necessarily drawn to scale, with calculated data written in ink, or a print of the general plan, may be used to record the placing of the internal beacons of a block of stands in township, the actual measurements and observations made in the field being recorded thereon in pencil.
14. Observations of horizontal angles
(1) Observations of horizontal angles shall be made with the telescope in both the direct and reversed positions for all rays longer than 300 metres, and on at least two arcs where any ray is longer than five kilometres and these observations shall be separately entered in the field book.
(2) Rounds of observations from any point shall be observed and fully recorded alternately in clockwise and anti-clockwise order.
(3) Wherever practicable in the first round of observations at any point, the readings recorded in the field book shall be approximately in the system of direction angles adopted for the whole survey.
[Am by SI 156 of 1976.]
15. Surveys to be based on trigonometrical stations or reference marks
All surveys are to be based on trigonometrical stations or reference marks whenever practicable, and shall be on such system or projection as the Surveyor-General may direct.
16. Determination of position of trigonometrical stations
The position of a trigonometrical station or reference mark which is not used on a survey shall be determined precisely in relation to the beacons of the parcel of land being surveyed when it is on that parcel, or outside the parcel but within 300 metres of the nearest beacon or station used in the survey.
(1) The direction angles of rays used for orienting and adjusting the direction angles of traverses shall be determined by independent closed traverses, or by triangulation, or by direct astronomical observation.
(2) In any traverse—
(a) the direction angles shall be controlled and adjusted at intervals not exceeding fifteen kilometres measured along the traverse lines;
(b) when the traverse is an extension from an existing survey system and is closed on to its starting point without any other control rays, at least two rays shall be used for orienting and closing the traverse direction angles and the length of one of those rays shall not be less than either 200 metres or the direct distance between the starting point and the point furthest from it in the traverse, whichever is the less;
(c) when the traverse extends more than three kilometres between the stations controlling the direction angles, the angles or angles of direction shall be the mean of at least two arcs taken at each station.
(3) When two traverse lines in the same survey are in very close proximity to one another each line shall be measured entirely independently of the other including the vertical angles for slope corrections.
18. Surveys by triangulation from measured base
(1) If in any survey it is necessary to measure a base line for the initiation of a local triangulation system, the length of the measured base used for such triangulation shall not be less than 10 per centum of the perimeter of the land containing the beacons determined from such base:
Provided that—
(i) the length of the base need not exceed 1,000 metres; and
(ii) the Surveyor-General may, in exceptional circumstances, approve the use of a shorter base.
(2)—
(a) A base line used for any triangulation survey shall be measured at least twice, in opposite directions, or once in two sections, not necessarily in the same straight line, the lengths of which sections shall be compared with each other through subsidiary triangles. The angles of slope shall be independently observed for each such linear measurement.
(b) Should a difference greater than 1:10,000 between any two base line measurements result after all corrections have been made, the base line shall again be measured until the resultant difference between any two measurements does not exceed that limit.
(c) A check base not less than one-third of the length of the base line shall be measured when the distance between the extreme triangulation stations exceeds twenty kilometres:
Provided that a traverse may be used as a check base, in which case the direct distance between the traverse terminals shall not be less than one-third of the length of the base line.
In a survey of one or more parcels of land exceeding 10 hectares in extent the sum of the lengths of the traverse lines of the shortest surveyed connection between any two beacons or stations marked in a permanent manner shall not exceed 5d where d is the direct distance between the two points.
20. Survey stations and traverse points
All favourably situated triangulation and traverse stations used in a survey which are not likely to be disturbed shall be marked in a permanent manner preferably by iron pipes or pegs or wire nails not less than 150 millimetres long.
21. Reductions of measurements
Except when otherwise required by the Surveyor-General, all linear measurements shall be adjusted for standardisation, temperature, tension, slope and sag, and only those measurements made in the course of a survey, which is based on trigonometrical stations, shall be reduced to sea level and corrected for projection enlargement.
When the survey of a piece of land is not based on trigonometrical stations, the direction of true north shall be determined as accurately as possible by astronomical observation or, if not derived from other sources and at the discretion of the Surveyor-General, by magnetic needle. The manner in which the true north has been determined shall be recorded in the field book and stated in the report on survey.
[Am by SI 156 of 1976.]
23. Determination of azimuth by astronomical observations
(1) Any azimuth determination by astronomical observation with a theodolite for purposes of orienting or closing the direction angles of a traverse or orienting the direction angles of a triangulation scheme of a survey shall be the mean of the computed results of an equal number of separate sets of observations taken on opposite sides of the meridian.
(2) The sun instead of stars may be observed only if weather conditions preclude observing at night.
(3) The final result shall be the mean of the separate determinations of at least two sets of observations taken on each side of the meridian; unless otherwise authorised by the Surveyor-General, no such determination shall be used if they vary by more than ten seconds of arc from any other determinations used from the same side of the meridian.
(4) Pairing of East and West stars in regard to altitude is to be obtained to a reasonable degree to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General.
(1) Every land surveyor shall perform sufficient field work to enable him to apply a thorough check to every part of his survey.
(2) Unless checks considered adequate by the Surveyor-General are applied the position of no point shall be determined by—
(a) a single triangle when the angle at the point being determined is less than 30 degrees or greater than 150 degrees;
(b) resection from less than four favourably situated points;
(c) a single direction and measured distance from a survey station or beacon;
(d) intersection by less than three suitable rays.
(3) When the position of a point is determined by a single triangle the angles or direction angles used in the calculations shall be the mean of at least two arcs taken at each point and the angles deduced from the final co-ordinates after the point has been calculated, shall be compared with the angles derived from the second arc as recorded in the field book in order to guard against gross error.
25. Classification of surveys and standards of accuracy
(1) Surveys shall be classified as follows—
Class A refers to surveys to determine the position of township control or reference marks;
Class B refers to surveys in townships;
Class C refers to surveys not included in Class A and Class B.
(2)—
(a) The misclosure in a traverse shall not exceed—
(i) for Class A, 1:12,000
(ii) for Class B, 1:8,000
(iii) for Class C, 1:4,000:
Provided that a reasonable misclosure shall be allowed in the case of short traverses.
(b) The misclosure for a traverse made solely to survey a curvilinear boundary or a photo-control point shall be commensurate with the plottable accuracy that can be achieved at the scale of the final plan.
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(3) The field operations shall conform with current survey practice using instruments and methods commensurate with the class of survey and standard of accuracy required.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (2) the Surveyor-General may stipulate in writing other standards of accuracy in special cases.
[Am by SI 156 of 1976.]
26. Verification of existing beacons and adoption of existing data
(1) The positions of all existing beacons or stations established in previous approved surveys which are to be adopted in a new survey shall be verified.
(2) The verification of the position of an existing beacon or station shall be effected by determining its position in relation to at least two other beacons or stations established in previous surveys and comparing the data so determined with the respective data of the previous surveys. The minimum requirement for this purpose shall be the distance from the beacon being verified to another beacon or station and the angle which that line makes with a ray to a third beacon or station.
(3) The position of an existing beacon or station shall be deemed to be verified if its position as redetermined in the new survey in relation to the positions of all other beacons or stations of previous surveys which are also redetermined in the new survey does not differ from the respective data of the previous surveys by more than the following limits:
d 3,000 whichever is the greater where d is the distance in metres between the two beacons or stations as derived from the later survey. Should the differences be greater than these limits and the land surveyor is satisfied that the beacons or stations have not been disturbed, then he shall refer the matter to the Surveyor-General. (4) The co-ordinate value of any survey station or beacon, whose position on the trigonometrical system or other system approved by the Surveyor-General has been determined in a manner and with a degree of accuracy acceptable to the Surveyor-General, may be used by any land surveyor in any subsequent survey after verification of its ground position to ensure that it has not been disturbed. (1) The greatest care shall be taken to ensure that existing line beacons are in fact on line and that new line beacons are accurately placed on line between the terminals. (2) When a beacon is to be placed on line between two beacons placed in an approved previous survey and its distance from the nearer of those beacons does not exceed one-fiftieth of the distance between them it shall not, in any of the following cases, be necessary to determine the line to the further terminal beacon— (a) when it is possible at the nearer terminal beacon to lay out the direction angle of the line from another beacon or station of the previous survey or from a point, the position of which is accurately related to the nearer terminal beacon and that other beacon or station of the previous survey; (b) where the positions of the nearer terminal beacon and that other beacon or station of the previous survey are verified in the manner prescribed in regulation 26; (c) where the distance between the nearer terminal beacon and the other beacon, survey station or point from which the direction angle of the line is laid out is not less than the distance between the terminal beacon and the new beacon being placed on line. (3) When an existing beacon placed in a previous survey is moved on to a line between two other existing beacons it shall where practicable be placed at the intersection with that line of the other boundary line of which that beacon is a terminal provided that if it is a terminal beacon of more than one other boundary line the beacon shall be placed in the mean position of intersection of those other boundary lines with the said line. (4) For the purpose of this regulation a beacon shall be deemed to be on a boundary line between two beacons when, in the checking of its alignment in a subsequent survey, its displacement from the line is proved to be not greater than— 0.05 + 0.0005d metres with a maximum of one metre where d is the distance in metres between such beacons and the nearer terminal beacon thereto of the said boundary line. 28. Accepted curvilinear boundaries (1) Except with the prior consent of the Surveyor-General, a regular curve shall not be adopted as a boundary of a new parcel of land. (2) The only irregular curvilinear boundaries which are normally permitted are the right bank or left bank of clearly defined and permanent watercourses. The provisions of this section shall not apply to existing irregular curvilinear boundaries represented on diagrams approved prior to the date of commencement of these regulations: Provided that any natural or artificial feature or contour line may, with the approval in writing of the Surveyor-General, be used in special cases. (3) At the discretion of the Surveyor-General an irregular curvilinear boundary determined in a former survey may be adopted in a subsequent survey, and, where possible, it shall be abstracted from the curvilinear boundary plan which is supplementary to the working plan. 29. River boundaries from aerial photographs River boundaries may be determined from near vertical air photographs provided that the methods, control and equipment to be used have the prior approval of the Surveyor-General in each and every instance. Where it is not possible to obtain sufficient and accurate topographical detail from existing maps the Surveyor-General may require the land surveyor to make sufficient observations and measurements and comprehensive sketches in the field to enable him to fill in with reasonable accuracy on the general plan and diagram the topographical features of the land surveyed, particularly prominent hilltops, watercourses, buildings, bridges, dams, springs, roads and railways. Such topography in the neighbourhood of beacons is to be determined with special care. The provisions of this regulation need not apply to parcels of land less than five hectares in extent. 31. Allowable difference between original and subsequent surveys For the purposes of section 16 of the Act the limit of disagreement between the later and previous surveys is 0.05 square root d where d represents the distance in metres between any two beacons. PART IV Subject to the provisions of regulation 34, every corner point of a parcel of land shall be marked with a beacon. (1) The standard beacon shall consist essentially of an iron peg at least 12 millimetres in diameter, or an iron pipe at least 12 millimetres in internal diameter, and at least 400 millimetres in length set vertically in concrete not less than 200 millimetres cube. The top of the peg shall not extend more than 10 millimetres above the top surface of the concrete which shall be flush with the surface of the ground: Provided that— (a) where the ground is soft or sandy the iron peg or pipe shall be at least 600 millimetres in length; and (b) where the ground is rocky and it is not possible to drive in an iron peg at least 400 millimetres in length, a shorter peg may be grouted into the rock or a hole at least 12 millimetres in diameter and 20 millimetres in depth may be drilled in solid rock. (2) The standard beacon shall be used for parcels less than one hectare in extent. (3) For parcels between one and one hundred hectares in extent, a cairn of stones, bricks or concrete not less than 300 millimetres in diameter and height shall be erected over the standard beacon. (4) For parcels more than one hundred hectares in extent, a cairn of stones, bricks or concrete not less than 750 millimetres in diameter and height shall be erected over the standard beacon. In addition, the beacon letters and numbers allocated to the land surveyor in accordance with the provisions of regulation 37 shall be clearly and permanently marked on the beacon. (5) In localities where stones are not available the cairns referred to in sub-regulations (3) and (4) may be replaced by excavating a circular trench, at a radius of one metre from the beacons to a depth and width of 300 millimetres, and the excavated earth shall be piled in a symmetrical mound over the beacon. In addition, for parcels more than one hundred hectares in extent— (a) trenches, 2 metres in length and to a depth and width of 300 millimetres, shall be excavated along the boundary lines meeting at the beacon; and (b) a hardwood pole at least one and a half metres in length and 150 millimetres in diameter shall be planted in the middle of the mound. (6) The Surveyor-General may authorise types of beacons other than as prescribed in this regulation. (1) When the corner point of a parcel of land coincides with the corner of a building, the corner of the building shall be adopted as a substitute for the beacon and such circumstance shall be recorded on the diagram, the general plan where such is required, and the working plan. (2) When the corner point of a parcel of land does not coincide with, but is in such close proximity to the corner of a building or some other permanent obstruction that the placing of a beacon would be impracticable, the position of such corner in relation to the point which the centre of the beacon should occupy shall be determined and clearly indicated on the diagram and on the general plan, if such is compiled, by a diagrammatic representation with numerical data in an inset. (3) When a strip of uniform width, not exceeding 100 metres, is surveyed for the registration of easement rights, it shall only be necessary to beacon one side of the strip or a line parallel thereto within the strip. (4) The Surveyor-General may waive the requirement to erect or restore any beacon, when it is evident that such beacon would serve no useful purpose. (1) Where the position of a previously surveyed beacon has been rendered inaccessible or unsuitable since it was originally placed or when a new corner point of a parcel of land falls on inaccessible ground or in a place where it is likely to be damaged or destroyed, such as in a river, stream, dam, swamp, railway track, road or street, its position shall be indicated on the ground by a beacon erected on the straight boundary line passing through that beacon or by beacons erected on the straight boundary lines meeting at the said point and as near thereto as is deemed desirable in the interests of their preservation, and the distance between such indicatory beacons and the point they indicate shall be furnished on the general plan. (2)— (a) A beacon placed to define the point of intersection of a rectilinear boundary with a curvilinear boundary shall be erected as near to the curvilinear boundary as the nature of the land will permit without endangering the preservation of the beacon. Whenever practicable, the beacon shall be on the same side of the curvilinear boundary as is the parcel of land of which it is a beacon; and (b) the distance from the indicatory beacon to the corner point it indicates shall be furnished on the general plan to the nearest metre. (3) When a beacon has been removed under the authority of the Surveyor-General, and it is not possible or advisable to replace it in its original position, an indicatory beacon shall be placed on each of the straight boundary lines meeting thereat. The placing of such indicatory beacons shall be effected by, or under the supervision of, a land surveyor, who shall furnish the Surveyor-General with such information as he may require, and the position of the indicatory beacons shall be recorded on the relative general plans as prescribed in sub-regulation (1). 36. Restoration of missing or dilapidated beacons (1) When a parcel of land which has been previously surveyed is being resurveyed or sub-divided, the land surveyor shall rebuild in its original position to the appropriate standard prescribed in regulation 33, any beacon defining the limits of that parcel of land being surveyed which is missing, dilapidated or found to be in a state not complying with the said prescribed standard even though it might be apparent to the land surveyor that the condition of the beacon has not deteriorated since it was originally constructed and that it still conforms to the standard which was required at the time of the original survey. (2) If it should come to the knowledge of a land surveyor in the course of his work that any bench mark, reference mark, trigonometrical station or beacon of a parcel of land which he is not surveying has been damaged, destroyed, removed, altered in position or fallen into disrepair, he shall immediately report the circumstances to the Surveyor-General. (3) If a land surveyor repairs or rebuilds a damaged or dilapidated beacon he shall supply the Surveyor-General with a description of the repaired beacon. (4) When a land surveyor has replaced a missing beacon he should report forthwith the circumstances to the Surveyor-General, and shall submit to that officer, for examination and filing, the survey records relative to such replacement. Every beacon placed shall be allotted a distinctive letter and number to distinguish it from other beacons in its vicinity. [Am by SI 156 of 1976.] 38. Beacons and boundaries of parcels of land (1) No surveyed parcel of land shall have less than three corner or indicatory boundary beacons. (2) The distance between consecutive beacons on any boundary of a parcel of land shall not exceed 3 kilometres in length except with the written consent of the Surveyor-General. PART V In addition to the field book, the survey records shall consist of— (a) the computations; (b) a report; (c) a working plan; and (d) such photographs, documents and plans as the Surveyor-General may require. (1) Every land surveyor shall by his computations apply an efficient check to every part of his survey. These checks shall be clearly indicated by means of cross-references or concise statements. (2) Computations shall be clearly and legibly written and shall be in such form and in such manner as the Surveyor-General may direct. Each sheet shall be numbered and reference shall be made to the page or pages in the field book or the place elsewhere in the computations from which the data have been obtained. (3) The computations of a survey shall include— (a) a complete list of the final co-ordinates of every point fixed or adopted in the survey and reference shall be made in the list to that page of the calculations on which the co-ordinates have been computed; in the case of co-ordinates adopted from another survey the respective survey records number shall be quoted; and (b) a consistency calculation in respect of each irregular shaped parcel of land represented on a general plan or diagram. (4) The rectilinear, curvilinear and total areas shall be given with the consistency calculation. 41. Co-ordinates of a point on a straight line In determining the co-ordinates of a point on a straight line they shall be calculated from the nearer of the two terminals to the point. In all surveys which include previously surveyed rectilinear boundaries, a comparison shall be made between the data thereof as determined in the new survey and the respective data furnished on the original diagrams or general plans of the former surveys. Such comparison may be in the form of a drawing on which original data shall be shown in black and the data determined in the new survey shall be in red. The report shall include reference to— (a) assistants employed; (b) the purpose and instruction for the survey; (c) methods adopted and standards of accuracy obtained; (d) source of adopted co-ordinates or other data; (e) comparison with previous surveys; (f) alignment, replacement and rebuilding of beacons; (g) encroachments, if any; (h) any other matters which may be considered material or useful. (1) The working plan, the minimum size of which shall be 300 millimetres by 200 millimetres, shall be neatly drawn to scale in ink on approved material and in such form as the Surveyor-General may direct, with a title which shall include the designations of all the parcels of land surveyed and on it shall be recorded in the appropriate positions in or adjoining the geometrical figures the following— (a) the designations of each parcel of land represented on the plan; (b) the designations of all contiguous parcels of land as at the time of the survey; (c) every beacon, reference mark, traverse point or other station, whether permanently marked or not either found or connected to, used or placed in the survey and the designation of each such beacon, reference mark, traverse point or other survey station; (d) all boundary lines; (e) the curvilinear boundaries; (f) all lines used in the determination of curvilinear boundaries; (g) the scale on which the working plan is plotted; (h) the axes of co-ordinates; (i) the relevant topographical features of the ground; (j) the straight lines between beacons indicatory to curvilinear boundaries which shall be broken black lines, used in the determination of the curvilinear area. (2) There shall also be shown in suitable places on a working plan— (a) explanatory insets when it is necessary to show details which cannot be clearly shown on the main figure. Such insets need not be to scale; (b) a description of every beacon and survey station or point either found and connected to or placed in the course of the survey; (c) the direction of the true North. (3) Information shall be depicted on working plans as follows— (a) all boundaries shall be shown in black, continuous for the parcels surveyed and broken for others; (b) all measured lines shall be shown in red; when the measured line is a boundary line, it shall be drawn in red as close as possible to the black line; (c) beacons placed in the course of the survey shall be indicated by small black circles; beacons found, verified and adopted shall be indicated by two concentric circles in black, and beacons found and connected to but not adopted by two concentric circles in black with a line drawn through them; (d) all observed rays not coinciding with measured lines in fine blue lines in ink and all rays observed in one direction only by blue lines broken towards the end not observed; (e) all traverse points and other survey stations except triangulation stations, shall be indicated by small red circles, and where such points and stations were established in previous surveys and have been verified and adopted, they shall be indicated by two concentric circles in red; (f) triangulation stations shall be indicated by small circles inscribed in triangles in red and where such stations were established in previous surveys and have been verified and adopted they shall be indicated by circles enclosing the triangles with small interior circles all in red; (g) any base line measured for the purpose of the survey shall be indicated by two parallel lines ruled close together in red; (h) trigonometrical stations shall be indicated by small circles inscribed within triangles all in black; (i) reference marks shall be indicated by crosses inscribed in circles, both in red; (j) theoretical points by small green circles. (4)— (a) Beacons which are used as survey stations shall be shown only in the manner prescribed for beacons; (b) beacons which are also trigonometrical stations shall be shown only in the manner prescribed for the latter; (c) triangulation stations which are also used as traverse stations shall be shown in the manner prescribed for triangulation stations. (5) Irregular curvilinear boundaries shall be accurately plotted on approved material to a scale not smaller than 1:10,000 and in addition to adjoining beacons, it shall show all traverse points and lines, offset lines and other sight rays employed for the determination of the curvilinear boundary. (6) The working plan shall be signed by the responsible land surveyor(s) under the following certificate— “Surveyed by me/us in accordance with the Land Survey Act and Regulations .............................................................. Land Surveyor(s) .............................................................. Date of Survey" PART VI (1) A general plan shall be submitted in such form as the Surveyor-General may direct. (2) For single parcels and in special cases the Surveyor-General may accept diagrams of each parcel in lieu of a general plan where the diagrams show full data. 46. Materials, size, margins and accuracy (1) A general plan shall be neatly drawn with approved black ink on approved material measuring not less than 297 millimetres by 385 millimetres or larger than 800 millimetres by 1 metre: Provided that the Surveyor-General may allow other sizes in special cases. (2) When more than one sheet is required for a general plan, each sheet shall be complete in itself but they need not necessarily be of the same size. (3) No writing or drawing, except endorsements added by the Surveyor-General, shall encroach upon the margins of a general plan, which margins shall be 100 millimetres wide along the right-hand edge and 30 millimetres wide along the other edges. (4) The misplotting of any beacon or boundary shall not exceed 1 millimetre. (1) A general plan shall be plotted to one of the following Scales: 1:1,000; 1:1,250; 1:2,500; 1:5,000, or any one of the above in which the denominator is multiplied or divided by an integral power of 10. (2) In special cases the Surveyor-General may authorise the use of other scales. (3) The size of each figure shall be sufficiently large for all essential information to be adequately represented thereon and generally shall be not less than 650 square millimetres. If necessary insets may be drawn of one or more figures or part of a figure. [Am by SI 156 of 1976.] The following symbols shall be used on a general plan: Boundary and indicatory beacons-small circle; trigonometrical beacons-small circle inscribed in a triangle; reference mark-cross inscribed in a small circle. On a general plan the co-ordinate grid shall be indicated by short lines at the extremities and, where convenient, at the intersections and the value of each line shall be stated. Every general plan shall have a title which shall include the scale, the designations of the parcel shown, the Province, District and, if applicable, the name of the city, municipality, township, registry block or other numbering area. (1) There shall be recorded on a general plan the rectangular co-ordinates to two decimal places of a metre of— (a) every corner point defining the outside rectilinear figure; (b) the centre of any circular curve defining a boundary; (c) any reference mark or trigonometrical station which can be plotted on the plan; (d) the corner points of each block of lots or stands: Provided that in the case of a splayed corner, the co-ordinates of the apex instead of the two corner points at the base of the splay may be recorded, in which case distances connecting the apex to such corner points shall be recorded; (e) every corner point defining the rectilinear figure of any parcel which is more than 10 hectares in extent; (f) any indicatory beacon defining a corner point referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (e); (g) every corner point required for connecting data; (h) any other points required by the Surveyor-General. (2) In special cases, the co-ordinates may be expressed to a lower degree of accuracy on the written authority of the Surveyor-General. (1) The algebraic sign “+” or “–” shall be written before each ordinate and in the tabulated list of co-ordinates the Ys shall always appear in the left and the Xs in the right hand column, and it shall be distinctly stated above the co-ordinate column which are the Ys and which are the Xs: Provided that the terms “all plus” or “all minus” may be used at the top of each column where applicable: Provided further that in the case of surveys based on the Universal Transverse Mercator projection, the terms “Eastings” and “Northings” shall be used instead of Y and X and the algebraic signs shall not be used. (2) On a general plan the survey of which has been based on trigonometrical stations or other system, such fact shall be recorded. (3) When a constant is applied to co-ordinates on a general plan, such constant, with its sign, shall be inserted above the column containing the ordinates accordingly reduced. [Am by SI 156 of 1976.] At the discretion of the Surveyor-General co-ordinates otherwise required, may be omitted. (1) There shall be recorded on a general plan the lengths in metres to two decimals of a metre and directions of the sides of every parcel: Provided that when no co-ordinates are used, angles may be given instead of directions. (2) When it is feasible to do so legibly and unambiguously the data of any parcel shall be recorded within the figure, otherwise it shall be tabulated. (3) It shall not be necessary to record such data on both sides of a common boundary. (4) It shall only be necessary to record a direction once when sections of a straight line are boundaries of two or more parcels. (5) When the sides of two or more adjoining stands in a block are parallel, it shall only be necessary to record the directions of the first and last of such parallel sides. (6) The value of the direction of a side shall be recorded within the figure so as to represent the clockwise direction of such side. (7) When a change of direction is not visually obvious on the general plan, the point at which the change occurs shall be distinguished by a double circle. (8) The directions or angles shall be given to the nearest ten seconds when the length of the side is less than 200 metres, and to the nearest second for longer sides. (9) The area of each parcel shall be tabulated on a general plan. These shall be expressed in hectares to four decimal places for areas of one or more than one hectare and in square metres to the nearest square metre for areas of less than one hectare. (10) The rectilinear and curvilinear areas shall be tabulated in addition to the total area of each parcel. (11) In special cases, data may be expressed to a lower degree of accuracy or may be omitted on the written authority of the Surveyor-General. 55. Contiguous parcels of land Adjacent boundaries of contiguous parcels, roadways and wayleaves shall be indicated on a general plan by broken lines and their designations shall be written in their respective positions: Provided that abbreviations may be used and the words “Stand”, “Farm”, “Lot”, “sub-division” and other designation may be omitted when these are obvious from the main designation. The direction of true North shall be indicated on a general plan pointing, as a general rule, towards the top of the sheet. The radius of any curve adopted as a boundary shall be shown on a general plan. In the event of the position of a parcel or parcels not being obvious from the main figure, a locality plan shall be shown on a general plan indicating the position in relation to other surveyed parcels, roads or other main topographic features. 59. Rivers, boundaries and topography (1) When a river, stream or watercourse is adopted as a boundary, the name, if any, shall be given on a general plan and the direction of flow shall be indicated. (2) When required by the Surveyor-General the main topographical features shall be shown on a general plan. (1) Sufficient connecting data as required by the Surveyor-General shall be shown on a general plan in order to locate the position of each parcel precisely in relation to— (a) the parent parcel in the case of a sub-division; (b) to other previously surveyed parcels, or to trigonometric stations, or other points whose geographical co-ordinates have been determined to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General, in the case of new parcels. (2) Unless otherwise required by the Surveyor-General, the sides and directions of the connections need not be shown when co-ordinates are recorded on the general plan. (3) The co-ordinates of a beacon to which connection may be made may be adopted from a previous approved survey when— (a) in the opinion of the Surveyor-General both the previous and present surveys are based satisfactorily on the same system; (b) the connecting distance is not less than 300 metres. (4) In special cases, the Surveyor-General may dispense with connecting data in respect of new parcels where these may be clearly located on a suitable map. 61. Description of beacons and stations All beacons and stations shown or co-ordinated on a general plan shall be concisely described. 62. Dilapidated and untidy general plans The Surveyor-General may refuse to approve a general plan if he considers that— (a) it is dilapidated or carelessly framed; or (b) its appearance has been spoilt by amendments or additions. A general plan shall be dated and signed as follows: (a) if framed from survey— “Surveyed in (month, year)............................................... by me/us ................................................. Land Surveyor(s)” or (b) if compiled— “Compiled in (month, year) ........................................... by me from (Survey Records, General Plan(s) Diagram(s)).................... ..................................................................................... Government Surveyor” (1) No amendment or addition shall be made on an approved general plan except by a Government Surveyor. [Am by SI 156 of 1976.] Normally colours shall not be shown on a general plan: Provided that the Surveyor-General may authorise the use of colours in special cases. (1) The sides, angles or angles of direction and areas given on a general plan shall agree with their values as computed from the co-ordinates, provided that the area of a figure of regular shape shall be deduced directly from the sides and angles. (2) Where co-ordinates are not used, the numerical data recorded shall be deemed to be inconsistent when— (a) the misclosure of a data traverse computed round the rectilinear figure exceeds 0.0001 p (b) the area differs from the area of the rectilinear figure computed from its sides and directions or angles or more than 0.0000125 p2 where “p” represents the length of the perimeter in metres and “n” the number of corner points of such rectilinear figure. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulations (1) and (2) the areas, sides, angles or directions of parcels may be adjusted by small amounts in the interests of maintaining regular shapes and existing data, where this is considered to be desirable by the Surveyor-General. (1) A general plan may be compiled by a Government Surveyor without further survey from approved general plans, diagrams and survey records. (2) The provisions of regulation 66 need not apply to a compiled general plan. (3) The summation of the angles of a parcel on a compiled general plan need not be geometrically correct. (4) Co-ordinates shall not normally be shown on a compiled general plan unless these are all on the same system, except that co-ordinates of beacons on the trigonometrical system may be shown. PART VII 68. Form, quality, size of paper and margins (1) A diagram shall be framed in such numbers and in such form and manner as the Surveyor-General may direct on one side of good durable paper or other material of a quality approved by the Surveyor-General. (2) A diagram shall measure— (a) 297 millimetres by 210 millimetres; or (b) 297 millimetres by 385 millimetres; or (c) such other size as the Surveyor-General may direct. (3) No writing or drawing shall encroach on the margins of a diagram, which shall be at least 25 millimetres wide along the left-hand or binding edge and 10 millimetres wide along the other edges: Provided that the right-hand margin may be used for initialling alterations. [Am by SI 156 of 1976.] The ink used in the preparation of a diagram shall be black, best waterproof or other type of a quality approved by the Surveyor-General. Numbering and lettering may be done on a typewriter giving a sharp black permanent impression. The signature shall be in black ink of good quality. 70. Figure, scale, information and general style (1) Land shall be represented on a diagram by a single figure drawn accurately to scale so that the misplotting of any beacon or boundary shall not exceed 1 millimetre. (2) The provisions of regulations 47, 48, 50, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 65 shall apply to diagrams where relevant: Provided that information deemed to be unnecessary by the Surveyor-General may be omitted. 71. Beacon letters and verbal definition (1) Each beacon or corner of a parcel of land depicted on a diagram shall be designated by an alphabetic letter, wherever possible, written outside the figure and as near as possible to the respective point on the diagram. In addition, the beacon names referred to in regulation 37 shall be recorded on the diagram, or they may be used in place of the alphabetic letters. (2) Every diagram shall contain a clear verbal definition of the limits of the figure representing the parcel of land. In such definition shall be recited, in the order in which they occur, the letter or name by which each of the boundary beacons and corner points is designated, and a description of the curvilinear boundaries, if any. The starting point shall be repeated at the conclusion of the definition. (1) When a general plan showing full data has been approved then a diagram need only show the total area and such other data as the Surveyor-General may direct. (2) When a general plan has not been approved then the provisions of regulations 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 60, 66 and 67 shall apply to a diagram, except that the data shall be tabulated, unless otherwise agreed, by the Surveyor-General. 73. Official designations only to be shown The official designation of a parcel of land allotted by the Surveyor-General shall be quoted in the description and not written within the figure of the diagram. The Province and District in which the parcel of land is situated shall be stated on a diagram and the map reference shall also be furnished, and in township surveys the name of the city, municipality or township as the case may be, shall also be stated. 75. Photographic and other copies Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 69 the Surveyor-General may authorise the use of copies made by approved photographic or other methods when more than one copy of a diagram is required. PART VIII 76. Surveys from aerial photographs (1) In addition to the survey records required under regulation 39, the following further documents, plans and data shall be submitted to the Surveyor-General in respect of all surveys based partly or entirely on photogrammetric methods in terms of section 37 of the Act— (a) calibration certificate in respect of the aerial camera; (b) report signed by the responsible photogrammetrist; (c) annotated aerial photographs showing all control points, both ground and those used in the aerial triangulation; (d) all computations, both manual and computer printouts; (e) diapositives, if required; (f) cover diagram; (g) any other documents or data as may be required by the Surveyor-General. (2) The certificates on the working plan, general plan and diagrams shall be suitably amended to show the names of the contractors responsible for the aerial photography and photogrammetry and shall be signed by the responsible land surveyor. (1) A land surveyor may employ unqualified assistants for taking observations and measurements which are recorded in the field book provided that— (a) no land surveyor shall employ more than two such assistants at one time without the approval in writing of the Surveyor-General; (b) all work carried out by such assistants shall be carefully supervised by the land surveyor and checked by him; (c) detailed references shall be made to all such work in the field book and report. (2) The Surveyor-General may require a land surveyor to furnish him with the names, academic qualifications and survey experience of unqualified assistants. 78. Revocation of land survey regulations The Land Survey Regulations, 1963, and the Land Survey (Amendments) Regulations, 1965, are hereby revoked. [Regulation 3] THE SURVEY CONTROL BOARD OF ZAMBIA CERTIFICATE This is to certify that ..................................................................... is licensed to practise as a Land Surveyor in the Republic of Zambia in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Land Survey Act. ............................................... Chairperson Surveyor-General Date............................................20.......... [Regulation 6] TARRIF OF FEES PART I 1. Charge included in Basic Charge Except where otherwise stated, the basic charge shall include the charges for the following– (a) Provision of information in respect of previous surveys, data and co-ordinates of trigonometrical stations and reference marks; (b) Location and verification of existing beacons, stations and reference marks where these have not been destroyed, obliterated or covered over; (c) Field survey including connections to trigonometrical station and reference marks, providing such connections do not exceed 1 kilometre, and preparation of survey records, but not including general plans and diagrams: (d) The cost of labour and material, but not including the cost of new beacons, rebuilding of existing beacons and replacing of missing beacons; (e) The submission of survey records, general plans and diagrams to the Surveyor-General for examination and approval, and correction of field work, survey records, general plans and diagrams when so directed by the surveyor-general. 2. Initial Fee An initial fee chargeable once only in each survey and which shall be that applying to the largest group in a survey shall be charged as follows: CLASS [Regulation 25] A B C For Parcels Fee Units Fee Units Fee Units Under 1,000m2 1,678 1,678 1,112 Over 1,000m2 1,678 1,678 1,389 3. Areas Parcels CLASS [Regulation 25] A B C For Parcels Fee Units Fee Units Fee Units Under 1,000m2 695 556 278 Over 1,000 m2 1112 889 556 Over 1 ha to 5ha 13,889 12,223 9167 Over 5 ha to 25ha 17,223 16,112 13,334 Over 25 ha to 50ha 23,334 21,667 17,223 Over 50 ha to 100ha 28,889 26,667 22,778 Over 100 ha to 200 ha 33,889 32,223 28,334 Over 500 ha to 1,000ha 48,889 Over 1,000 ha to 2,000ha 67,778 Over 2,000ha t0 5,000ha 98,889 For areas not tabulated in this paragraph, the fees shall be as agreed with the client, or in default, as fixed by the Surveyor-General. 4. Additional Boundaries The area fee shall apply to parcels having not more than five boundaries and for each additional boundary above five the area fee shall be increased by 10 per centum: Provided that the boundaries common to more than one parcel of land shall be included in each case in determining the number of boundaries of individual parcels but short lines from indicatory beacons to corner points shall not be regarded as separate boundaries. 5. Surveyor of Blocks of Parcels There shall be a 25 per centum decrease of the area fee for 50 to 75 parcels in a block and a 50 per centum decrease of the area fee for 76 parcels or more in a block. 6. Parcels of Irregular Shape (a) For the survey by grounds methods of irregular curvilinear boundaries, the charge shall be 278 fee units with an individual charge of 56 fee units per 100 metres or part thereof of curvilinear boundary. This additional charge shall be made once only, notwithstanding the number of parcels abutting on such boundary; (b) For survey by aerial photographic methods, the charge shall be by agreement and shall depend on the amount of ground control required and whether existing or new photographs are used; (c) Where the information is obtained from a previous survey, the charge shall be 167 fee units per parcel: and (d) For the survey of a circular curve, the charge shall be 556 fee units. PART II 1. Beacons For providing materials and erecting beacons, the charge shall be- (a) Standard Beacon-iron peg or pipe in concrete as prescribed in sub-regulations (1) and (2) of regulation 233 – 56 fee units; (b) Standard Beacon-iron peg or pipe in concrete plus 200m cairn (or trench and mound) as prescribed in sub-regulations (1), (3) and (5) of regulation 33-112 fee units; (c) Standard Beacon-iron peg or pipe in concrete plus 750mm cairn (or trench, mould and hardwood post) as prescribed in sub-regulations 33-139 fee units; and (d) Other beacons and repairs to existing beacons, as directed by the Surveyor-General. 2. General plans For each sheet of a general plan the charge shall be 834 fee units with an additional 28 fee units for each parcel. 3. Diagrams (a) For each diagram framed having not more than five boundaries Fee Units (i) with Co-ordinates 84 For each additional boundary 14 (ii) Without co-ordinates 56 For each additional boundary 14 (iii) When a river forms a boundary with co-ordinates 139 For each additional boundary 14 (iv) When a river forms a boundary without co-ordinates 84 For each additional boundary 14 PART III 1. Miscellaneous Works The charge fee for services not specified in this schedule such as discussions with the client, relocation of beacons, connection and alignment investigations, location of fixed area and fixed distance beacons, surveys for way leaves, easements, railway strips, astronomical observations, mapping control, shall be at the rate of 223 fee units per hour and materials shall be charged at cost plus per centum. 2. Line clearing A reasonable amount of clearing of grass and light bush shall be include in the Basic charge under Part 1 of the Schedule. For the clearing of heavy bush an extra charge for labour may be made. 3. Special charges Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this schedule, the surveyor-general may allow a departure from the prescribed standard charges in cases where peculiar or special circumstances appears to warrant such a departure. 4. Connection Charges The charge for connections to trigonometical stations and reference marks shall be 84 fee units per each 100 metres in excess of 1 kilometre. [Second Sch subs by reg. 2 of SI 19 of 2004.] [Regulation 8] SURVEYOR-GENERAL’S CHARGES 1. Land surveyor’s licence The fee for the issue of a land surveyor’s licence in accordance with the provision of section 9 of the Act shall be 834 fee units. The Surveyor-General may remit this fee for a licence issued to a land surveyor in the service of the Government but the fee shall become due should be land surveyor leave the Government service and continue to practice in Zambia. 2. Annual Return Practising Fee A practicing fee payable by a land surveyor to the Surveyor-General shall become due at the end of each Calendar year and shall be 5556 fee units. 3. Examination Fee For the examination of surveyor records, general and working plans and diagrams the fee shall be 112 fee units for each stand, 112 fee units for each lot or farm in urban area and 223 fee units for each lot or farm outside urban area. 4. Cadastral Draughting Product services Fee Units (a) Registration and numbering 334 (b) Office compilation 1945 (c) Certified True Copy diagrams 278 (d) Supersede diagrams 834 (e) New diagrams 834 (f) New diagrams with curvilinear area, new diagrams with more than 4 boundaries 56 fee units additional for each extra boundary 945 (g) Diagrams for Government Houses 556 (h) Sketch plans 389 (i) Marking off (per property) 389 (j) Stat filing (per copy 56 (k) Search fee 56 (l) Data processing (per day) 834 [Third Sch subs by reg. 3 of SI 19 of 2004.] [Regulation 77a] TRIAL SURVEY 1. A trial survey for a land survey license shall consist of– (a) a land title survey of an area of land as approved by the Survey Control Board, of at least two boundaries of which shall coincide with or be Re-instated from previous surveys and one or more of the boundaries of Which shall be a watercourse or other natural feature or irregular road; or (b) a land title survey of an urban area comprising not less than two stands, one of which shall be an irregular figure with substantial buildings encroaching on or closely adjacent to at least one of the boundaries, and all old boundaries shall be redefined on the ground. 2. The surveys required under paragraph 1 shall be co-ordinated on the national grid system so that one of the surveys shall involve fixation of at least one control point by trigonometrical methods. 3. All field work, computations and drawings shall be undertaken by the candidate personally except in the field of survey labour where the candidate may receive assistance. [Fourth Sch subs by reg. 2 of SI 8 of 1999.] NON-CADASTRAL SURVEY AND MAPPING (FEES AND CHARGES) NOTICE 1996 [Section 41] Arrangement of Paragraphs Paragraph 1. Title 2. Non-cadastral survey and mapping fees and charges SI 65 of 1996, SI 20 of 2004, SI 4 of 2013. This Notice may be cited as the Non-Cadastral Survey and Mapping Fees and Charges Notice, 1996. 2. Non-cadastral survey and mapping fees and charges The non-cadastral survey and mapping fees and charges shall, with effect from 4th April, 1996, be as set out in the Schedule to this Notice. 1. Standards Charges (a) Printed Maps Prices payable by all map users within Zambia including other Government Institutions Scale Description Fee Units 1:50,000 Greater Lusaka 556 1:50,000 556 1:100,000 556 1:250,000 556 1:250,000 Copperbelt Towns 556 Provincial Series (see Sheet Index 4) 1:750,000 1:1,000,000 World Aeronautical Charts (ICAO) Livingstone Sheet 3177 556 Kasama Sheet 3054 556 Lusaka Sheet 3152 556 Blantyre Sheet 3153 556 Lubumbashi Sheet 3055 556 International Series Federal Ground Edition 1:1,000,000 Livingstone Sheet 3171 556 Kasama Sheet 3054 556 Lusaka Sheet 3152 556 Blantyre Sheet 3153 556 Lubumbashi Sheet 3055 556 1:1,500,000 Zambia 556 1:1,250,000 Zambia 556 1:1,500,000 Zambia 556 Street Plans 1:15,000 Chingola 278 1:10,000 Chililabombwe 278 1:20,000 Lusaka (Digital) 278 1:15,000 Ndola 278 1:15,000 Kitwe 278 1:10,000 Luanshya 278 1:10,000 Mufulira 278 1:10,000 Victoria Falls/Livingstone 278 1:15,000 Kabwe National Parks 1:500,000 Kafue 278 1:500,000 Livingstone 278 1:50,000 Lochnivar 278 1:50,000 South Luangwa 278 1:215,000 South Luangwa 278 1:150,000 Sumbu 278 Atlas 1:9,000,000 1A. Africa Political 278 1:4,500,000 2. Central African Communications (Federal Edition) 278 1:300,000 4 Population growth 1:3,000,000 5 Geology and Mineral Occurences 278 1:3,000,000 6 Net Migration 278 1:2,500,000 7 Tsetse Fly Distribution 278 1:2,500,000 7A. Livestock 278 1:2,500,000 7B. Cattle Diseases 278 1:3,000,000 8 Provinces and Districts 278 1:3,000,000 9 Languages 278 1:2,500,000 10 Population 278 1:3,000,000 11 Soils 278 1:2,500,000 12 Rainfall – Mean Annual 278 1:2,500,000 13A. Rainfall – Exceed One 278 Year out of Five Years 278 13B. Rainfall – Exceed Four 1:2,500,000 Years out of Five Years 278 13D. Rainfall – Mean Annual Rain Days 1:2,500,000 14. Medical Facilities 278 1:3,000,000 17 Annual Temperature, Range 278 1:2,500,000 17A Temperature Min. 278 1:3,000,000 17G Average Annual Frost Days 278 1:2,500,000 18. humidity 278 1:2,500,000 19. Sunshine 278 1:2,500,000 20. Winds. January and July 278 1:2,500,000 21. Winds. April and October 278 1:2,500,000 26. Education Facilities 278 1:3,000,000 27. Zambia Electricity Supply 278 1:3,000,000 28. National Parks and Game Management Areas 278 1:3,000,000 31. Relief and Drainage 278 1:3,000,000 32. Copperbelt Province 278 1:3,000,000 33. Air Services 278 1:3,000,000 34. Pre-Colonial kingdoms 278 1:3,000,000 36. Fisheries 278 1:3,000,000 37. Tourist Map of Zambia 278 1:3,000,000 38. Civil Aviation 278 1:3,000,000 Kafue Flats Flooded Areas 278 1:250,000 Zambia – Vegetation (9) 278 1:500,000 Booklet 278 Vegetation Sheet 556 Provincial Series 5004 1:500,000 Election Maps 556 1:250,000 SADCC 278 1:500,000 Bangweulu Swamps 278 1:350,000 Lake Tanganyika Navigation 278 1:100,000 Lake Tanganyika Bathymetric 278 1:50,000 Large Scale Mapping 278 Township and other areas 278 1:20,000 278 1:15,000 278 1:10,000 278 1:6,000 278 1:5,000 278 1:2,500 278 1:1,000 278 Prices payable by all map users outside Zambia – All Maps 1388 per copy Computer printout of Topographic Maps 556 Postage Freight At cost (b) Dyeline Prints Description Charges per square metre Fee Units (c) Photographic Products 556 Description Size Fee Units Bromide Paper Prints 25cms x 25cms 333 Bromide Paper Enlargements 1 metre x 1 metre 2222 Diapositive (film) Prints 25cms x 25cms 556 Graphical Film Prints 1 metre x 1metre 2778 Digital Files (Scanned and Geo-referrenced soft copy maps) Scanning of Documents 834 Other Reprographic products AO and A1 Paper 278 As may be determined by the Surveyor-General {/mprestriction}
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