LAND SURVEY ACT (as amended at March 2004) (e) the form and dimensions of beacons, reference marks, bench marks and trigonometrical stations, the manner of marking the same for identification and the manner of their construction, erection, protection, maintenance and repair; (f) the procedure to be followed in arbitration proceedings under this Act and the powers and duties of arbitrators appointed under this Act; (g) the manner in which the cadastral surveys of land shall be based upon town survey marks or trigonometrical stations where such exist and the manner in which official control points may be used in such surveys; (h) the manner of re-surveying stands in any township, or any part thereof, or sections or blocks of land other than such stands, for the purpose of re-adjusting the boundaries and establishing the beacons thereof, and the manner of recovering the costs of such re-surveys; (i) the steps to be taken by the Surveyor-General to test the accuracy of surveys, the results of which are recorded on diagrams which have been or are intended to be registered in the Deeds Registry, and, in the event of such surveys being inaccurate, to cause correct diagrams to be framed and the relative title deeds to be endorsed or rectified; (j) the testing of surveying instruments and of measuring tapes to be used in the survey of land; (k) the unit of measure to be used on general plans and diagrams; (l) the nature, form and period, not exceeding two years, of training in practical survey work, and of the apprenticeship, if any, to be undergone by any person before such person shall be recognized as a land surveyor, and the form of the contract of any such apprenticeship and the manner in which any such contract shall be registered; (m) the fee to be paid for the certificate mentioned in subsection (5) of section twelve; and, generally, as to any matter appertaining to the surveying and charting of land, and for carrying out the objects and purposes of this Act. (2) Regulations in terms of subsection (1) shall provide for the publication, in such manner as may be specified in the regulations, of a tariff of fees payable for any matter referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection. (3) Penalties not exceeding a fine of level four may be prescribed for the contravention of any regulation. surveyor shall, on and after such date, be recognized for the purposes of this Act and shall be entitled to practise as a land surveyor if he is registered as such under the Land Surveyors Act [Chapter 27:06]. 12 Training leading to recognition (1) Any person who has been registered under the Lands Surveyors Act [Chapter 27:06] as a land surveyor-intraining may, in writing, apply to the Surveyor-General to be notified of the period of practical training referred to in subsection (2) and the Surveyor-General shall assess the period and, in writing, notify the applicant accordingly. (2) The period of practical training to be undertaken by a land surveyor-in-training shall be— (a) in the case of a person who holds either a degree in land surveying granted by the University of Zimbabwe or a specified foreign qualification, the period prescribed by the Board in terms of paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section nine; or (b) in the case of a person who holds a specified foreign licence, such period, if any, that the Surveyor-General at his discretion may specify; and the period shall be deemed to commence with effect from the date specified by the Surveyor-General. (3) On completion to the satisfaction of the SurveyorGeneral of the period, if any, of practical training referred to in subsection (2), the land surveyor-in-training concerned shall undertake an examination set by the Surveyor-General on the laws in force in Zimbabwe relating to the survey, registration and transfer of land. (4) If a land surveyor-in-training passes the examination referred to in subsection (3) to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General, he shall carry out such a trial survey as the Surveyor-General may require: Provided that the Surveyor-General may exempt a person who holds a specified foreign licence from this requirement. (5) Where a land surveyor-in-training completes the trial survey to the satisfaction of the Surveyor-General, or where the Surveyor-General has exempted a land surveyor-intraining from the requirement to undertake a trial survey, the Surveyor-General shall on receipt of the prescribed fee, issue to the land surveyor-in-training concerned a certificate that he is entitled to be registered as a land surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act [Chapter 27:06]: Provided that any certificate of recognition issued to any person by the Surveyor-General which was in force immediately before the 18th March, 1988, shall be deemed to be a certificate of recognition issued in terms of this subsection. 10 Office fees Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, the Minister may, by notice in a statutory instrument, prescribe the fees to be charged in respect of any act or matter required or permitted to be performed or dealt with in or in connection with the Surveyor-General’s office. 13 Duties of surveyor and non-liability of State (1) A land surveyor shall— (a) carry out every survey undertaken by him in such manner as will ensure accurate results, and in accordance with this Act; and (b) be responsible to the Surveyor-General for the correctness of every survey carried out by him or under his supervision, and of every general plan and diagram which bears his signature; and (c) deposit with the Surveyor-General, for the purpose of being permanently filed in the Surveyor-General’s office, such records as may be prescribed relative to every survey carried out by him after the 1st May, 1933, for the purpose of, or in connection with, any registration of land in the Deeds Registry, and relative to every general plan or diagram prepared as a result of any such survey, and relative to every survey carried out PART II RECOGNITION AND DUTIES OF LAND SURVEYORS 11 Recognition as a land surveyor (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), no person shall be recognized for the purposes of this Act or be entitled to practise as a land surveyor unless there has been issued to him the certificate referred to in subsection (5) of section twelve and unless he has been registered as a land surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act [Chapter 27:06]. (2) Any person who, immediately before the 18th March, 1988, was recognized and had the right to practise as a land 5