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473 PDFTitle:LAND SURVEY ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 130 of 2007
Section:2Heading:InterpretationVersion Date:01/07/2007
Remarks:

    For the saving and transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by the Resolution of the Legislative Council (L.N. 130 of 2007), see paragraph (12) of that Resolution.

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Authority" (監督) means the Land Survey Authority;
"authorized land surveyor" (認可土地測量師) means a person whose name is currently entered in the register and whose registration is in force;
"code of practice" (實務守則) includes-
        (a) a standard;
        (b) a specification; and
        (c) any other practical instructions or guidance in writing;
"Committee" (委員會) means the Land Surveyors Registration Committee appointed under section 6;
"Disciplinary Board" (紀律審裁委員會) means a board appointed under section 22;
"disciplinary offence" (違紀行為) means an act or omission set out in section 20;
"field note" (外業紀錄) means the original record of field observations and measurements recorded in the field in the course of a land boundary survey, including a print-out from an electronic data recorder;
"function" (職權) includes a power and a duty and "performance of function" (行使職權) includes the exercise of a power and the performance of a duty;
"Institute" (學會) means The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors incorporated by The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Ordinance (Cap 1148);
"land" (土地) includes-
        (a) land covered by water; and
        (b) a building or other thing attached to land or a thing permanently fastened to a building or other thing attached to land,
but does not include-
        (i) any right, interest or easement in or over land; or
        (ii) the whole or part of an undivided share in land or a building;
"land boundary" (土地界限) means a line defining the territorial limits of a parcel of land;
"land boundary plan" (土地界線圖) means a plan showing and delineating the land boundary of a parcel of land;
"land boundary record" (土地界線紀錄), in relation to a parcel of land, means the record, kept by the Authority, of all measurements, computations and survey data used in connection with defining the land boundary of the parcel of land and includes the survey record plan, the land boundary plan and other documents used in connection with defining such land boundary;
"land boundary survey" (土地界線測量) means any survey which is required in connection with defining land boundaries and includes the preparation of field notes, survey record plans and land boundary plans;
"Land Registry" (土地註冊處) means the Land Registry established under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap 128); (Amended 20 of 2002 s. 5)
"Panel" (委員團) means the Disciplinary Board Panel appointed under section 19;
"register" (名冊) means the register of authorized land surveyors established under section 8;
"Registrar" (註冊主任) means the Registrar of Authorized Land Surveyors appointed under section 10;
"registration" (註冊) means registration as an authorized land surveyor in accordance with this Ordinance;
"Secretary" (局長) means the Secretary for Development; (Amended L.N. 330 of 1999; 62 of 2000 s. 3; L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)
"specified form" (指明格式) means a form specified by the Authority under section 36;
"survey mark" (測量標誌) means a mark defining a surveyed position;
"survey record plan" (測量記錄圖) means a plan recording survey data (including land boundaries, survey evidence, survey marks, traverses, alignments and significant ties to occupation and related features) used in a land boundary survey.
(Enacted 1995)