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Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2014 S.R. No. 39/2014

Authorised Version incorporating amendments as at 1 November 2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page

Part 1—Preliminary 1 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Definitions 1

Part 2—Permanent marks 3 4 Permanent marks 3 5 Establishment of permanent marks 3 6 Registration and numbering of permanent marks 4 7 Permanent mark sketch plan 5 8 Removal, replacement or irregularity in position of permanent

marks 7

Part 3—Surveys 8 9 Notice of intention to commence survey 8 10 Bearings of surveys 8 11 Connections of surveys to permanent marks 8 12 Survey equipment 9 13 Connections of surveys within or contiguous to proclaimed

survey areas 9 14 Plan forms 10 15 Classification of surveys and plans 10 16 Form of central plan register 11

Schedules 12

Schedule 1—Permanent survey mark types 12

Schedule 2 16

Schedule 3 17

Schedule 4 18


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Schedule 5—Trimmed sheet sizes 22

Schedule 6—Table for the classification of plans under regulation 17(3) 23

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Endnotes 24 1 General information 24 2 Table of Amendments 26

3 Amendments Not in Operation 27

4 Explanatory details 28


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Authorised Version incorporating amendments as at 1 November 2018

Part 1—Preliminary 1 Objective

The objective of these Regulations is—

(a) to provide for standards of measurement and accuracy of certain surveys; and

(b) to provide for the connection of certain surveys to existing surveys, standard traverses and permanent marks; and

(c) to prescribe forms, procedures, standards and other matters relating to surveying and the co-ordination of surveys.

2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 22 of the Survey Co-ordination Act 1958.

3 Definitions In these Regulations—

cadastral survey means a cadastral survey within the meaning of the Surveying Act 2004;

local traverse means a survey, other than a standard traverse, connecting two or more permanent marks;


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Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020) means the system of rectangular co-ordinates derived from a Universal Transverse Mercator projection of latitudes and longitudes that are based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020) within the meaning of the National Measurement (Recognized-Value Standard of Measurement of Position) Determination 2017 dated 11 October 2017 and registered on the Federal Register of Legislation on 13 October 2017;

registered permanent mark means a permanent mark registered in accordance with regulation 6;

Registrar of Titles has the same meaning as in the Transfer of Land Act 1958;

standard traverse means a survey defined in terms of the Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020);

Surveyor-General has the same meaning as in the Surveying Act 2004;

the Act means the Survey Co-ordination Act 1958.

Reg. 3 def. of Map Grid of Australia 1994 (MGA 1994) amended as Map Grid of Australia 1994 (MGA94) by S.R. No. 44/2015 reg. 5(a), substituted as Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020) by S.R. No. 190/2018 reg. 5(1).

Reg. 3 def. of standard traverse amended by S.R. Nos 44/2015 reg. 5(b), 190/2018 reg. 5(2).


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Part 2—Permanent marks 4 Permanent marks

A permanent mark established under the Act must be—

(a) of a durable, permanent and stable construction and material; and

(b) in the form of a monument in Schedule 1, or if such monuments are not practical, other survey monuments as adopted or authorised by the Surveyor-General in accordance with section 15 of the Act.

5 Establishment of permanent marks (1) A permanent mark established under the Act must

be registered in accordance with regulation 6.

(2) A permanent mark established under the Act must be in a place—

(a) where it is least likely to be subject to damage, disturbance or removal or to constitute a hazard; and

(b) that facilitates horizontal and vertical connections to existing and future marks; and

(c) where it is readily identifiable and easy to find; and

(d) that provides the most stable location available.

(3) If a box-cover is used to protect a permanent mark, it must—

(a) be constructed of durable and permanent material; and

(b) be constructed in a rigid manner enabling the maximum protection that is practicable to be afforded to the permanent mark; and




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(c) be set centrally over the permanent mark with the top of the cover flush with the ground or surface on which it is set and the base not less than 50 millimetres above the top of the permanent mark.

(4) If a marker post or indicator is used to locate or protect a permanent mark, the marker post or indicator must be placed vertically in the ground where it does not constitute a hazard, not less than 300 millimetres from the centre of the permanent mark and independent of any medium in which the permanent mark is set.

(5) Permanent marks on surveys of 1500 metres or more in length must be placed so that no two marks are more than 1500 metres apart unless the Surveyor-General directs under section 6(1)(b) of the Act the establishment of other intervals.

6 Registration and numbering of permanent marks (1) The Surveyor-General must ensure that each

permanent mark is assigned a registration number and registered at the Central Plan Office (CPO).

(2) A surveyor or proper officer must—

(a) apply to the Surveyor-General for a permanent mark registration number prior to lodging a sketch plan at the Central Plan Office; and

(b) include the registration number of the permanent mark on the sketch plan or the supplementary sketch plan.




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7 Permanent mark sketch plan (1) A surveyor or proper officer responsible for the

establishment of a permanent mark must ensure that a separate sketch plan for the permanent mark is prepared and forwarded to the Surveyor-General within one month after the establishment of the permanent mark.

(2) A surveyor or proper officer who locates an existing permanent mark that is not a registered permanent mark must ensure that a separate sketch plan for the permanent mark is prepared and forwarded to the Surveyor-General within one month after the location of the permanent mark.

(3) A sketch plan must—

(a) be set out in a notice that—

(i) is in the form of Schedule 2; and

(ii) sets out the particulars in Schedule 2; and

(iii) is certified by the surveyor who established or located the permanent mark—

(A) that the information in the notice is correct; and

(B) that the permanent mark was established or located on the ground by the surveyor in accordance with these Regulations; and

(C) that the connecting measurements and observations were made by the surveyor in accordance with these Regulations; and




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(b) show the type or description of the permanent mark with sufficient connections to the nearest road intersection, buildings, fences, poles, survey marks, survey monuments, or other permanent marks to enable the future location of the permanent mark and the recording of the mark on plans; and

(c) show all cadastral boundaries as broken lines, unless the boundaries have been verified by a licensed surveyor; and

(d) show a connection to either the nearest Crown allotment boundary or named street or road; and

(e) show all lengths in metres; and

(f) indicate the existence of any marker post, indicator or box-cover; and

(g) specify the registration number for the permanent mark allocated by the Surveyor-General; and

(h) be capable of legible reproduction by photographic or other methods.

(4) A surveyor who for the purposes of the Act obtains additional connections to an existing permanent mark or surrounding features must prepare and forward to the Surveyor-General a supplementary sketch plan in the form of Schedule 2, within one month after obtaining the additional connections.

(5) The supplementary sketch plan must be set out in a notice that—

(a) is in the form of Schedule 2; and

(b) sets out the particulars in Schedule 2; and




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(c) complies with the requirements of subregulation (3)(b) to (h); and

(d) is certified by the surveyor who made the connecting measurements and observations that the information in the notice is correct.

8 Removal, replacement or irregularity in position of permanent marks

(1) For the purposes of the proviso to section 16 of the Act, when a permanent mark is removed the following procedures must be observed—

(a) the surveyor or proper officer wherever practicable must notify the Surveyor-General before the removal; and

(b) if required by the Surveyor-General, a surveyor must relate the permanent mark horizontally and vertically to adjacent survey monuments and survey marks before the mark is removed and connections must conform to not less than the standard of precision of the survey used for establishing the recorded position of the permanent mark.

(2) If required by the Surveyor-General, a new permanent mark is to be established in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Act to replace the mark removed and a sketch plan prepared in accordance with regulation 7.

(3) The surveyor or proper officer must notify the Surveyor-General in writing within one month after the removal and replacement (if any) of a permanent mark giving particulars of the relationship between the permanent mark removed and the new permanent mark.


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Part 3—Surveys 9 Notice of intention to commence survey

For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, notice of intention to commence a survey or notice that a survey has commenced must be in the form of Schedule 3.

10 Bearings of surveys (1) A surveyor carrying out a survey for registration

under the Act must use the appropriate zone of the Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020) in column 2 of the table in Schedule 4 for the survey.

(2) Parishes shown in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 are deemed to lie wholly within the zone indicated in column 2 of the table.

11 Connections of surveys to permanent marks (1) If connecting a survey to a permanent mark, a

surveyor must—

(a) connect the survey to the mark in a manner consistent with regulation 7 of the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2015; and

(b) unless connecting in a closed traverse, include at least one independent verifying check measurement.

(2) For a planimetric survey undertaken by a surveyor, that is to be lodged with either the Registrar of Titles or the Surveyor-General, and connects to two or more permanent marks—

(a) the connections must be sufficient for the determination of bearing and distance between those marks; and

(b) appropriate bearings and distances must be shown on the field notes and the plan of the survey.

Reg. 10(1) amended by S.R. Nos 44/2015 reg. 6, 190/2018 reg. 6.

Reg. 11(1)(a) amended by S.R. No. 44/2015 reg. 7.


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12 Survey equipment A surveyor must use and maintain survey equipment that—

(a) has been compared to the following units of measurement—

(i) for length—metres; and

(ii) for plane angles—degrees, minutes and seconds; and

(b) is capable of achieving the levels of precision required by regulation 7 of the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2015.

13 Connections of surveys within or contiguous to proclaimed survey areas

(1) For the purposes of section 12(3)(a) of the Act, a survey within or contiguous to a proclaimed survey area must be directly connected to at least two permanent marks on a standard or local traverse that are—

(a) properly verified as to position at the time of survey; and

(b) at least 200 metres apart; and

(c) within a 500 metre radius of the survey or a greater distance from the survey if the connection to the survey can be made by establishing no more than three instrument points from each permanent mark.

(2) For the purposes of an indirect connection to a traverse authorised under section 12(3)(b) of the Act, the survey must be connected to at least two survey or permanent marks already connected or proposed to be connected to a standard or local traverse that are—

Reg. 12(b) amended by S.R. No. 44/2015 reg. 8.


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(a) properly verified as to position at the time of survey; and

(b) at least 200 metres apart; and

(c) within a 500 metre radius of the survey or a greater distance from the survey if the connection to the survey can be made by establishing no more than three instrument points from each permanent mark.

14 Plan forms Plans prepared by or on behalf of a department or public authority to be forwarded to the Surveyor-General must—

(a) be drawn using conventional lines, letters, numerals and symbols; and

(b) display a north point indicating the basis for orientation of the plan which must be either Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020) Zone 54, Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020) Zone 55, True North or Magnetic North; and

(c) display a scale bar and the scale of the plan expressed as a representative ratio; and

(d) so far as is practicable, be drawn in conformity with standard map and plan systems related to the Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020), and

(e) conform to one of the trimmed sheet sizes listed in the Table to Schedule 5.

15 Classification of surveys and plans (1) For the purposes of section 6(3) of the Act, the

standards of measurement and accuracy are the standards required by regulation 7 of the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2015.

Reg. 14(b) amended by S.R. Nos 44/2015 reg. 9, 190/2018 reg. 7(1).

Reg. 14(d) amended by S.R. Nos 44/2015 reg. 9, 190/2018 reg. 7(2).

Reg. 15(1) amended by S.R. No. 44/2015 reg. 10.


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(2) A surveyor must certify on the face of the plan of a control, planimetric or levelling survey or on the field notes or both if applicable, as to the classification of the survey.

(3) A proper officer must ensure that a plan produced by their department or public authority indicates on the face of the plan the classification of the plan using a double letter for graphical precision, a numeral for contour precision or a combination of both if applicable as set out in Schedule 6.

16 Form of central plan register The Central Plan Register must show—

(a) the particulars of each plan or survey that has been forwarded under section 7 of the Act; and

(b) the location of any plan recorded under section 8(1) of the Act.


Schedules


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Schedules Regulation 4

Schedule 1—Permanent survey mark types




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PERMANENT SURVEY MARK TYPES




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Schedule 2


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Schedule 2 Regulation 7

SURVEY CO-ORDINATION ACT 1958 SEC. 6(1)(C)

ORIGINAL/SUPPLEMENTARY PERMANENT MARK SKETCH PLAN

Township ................................................ Parish .........................................................

NOTES: (1) Connections to be shown to buildings, fences, poles, survey marks or monuments nearby.

(2) Unless verified by a Licensed Surveyor, all cadastral boundaries are to be shown by broken lines.

(3) Connection should be shown to nearest Crown allotment or named street or road.

(4) Plan does need not be to scale. Lengths shown must be in METRES.

Description of Permanent Mark …......………………………………………………………

Existence of Box-cover: Yes / No Marker Post: Yes / No

I certify that the Permanent Mark shown in this sketch has been established / found on the ground by me in accordance with the Regulations under the Survey Co-ordination Act 1958, and that the information shown on this notice is correct.

Company or Agency Ref No. ............... Surname ................... Signature †...................

Company or Agency ...................................................................Date ............................

Municipality .............................................† If a Licensed Surveyor the letters LS to be added.

GRID REFERENCE CO-ORDINATES (May be scaled to nearest 100 metres)

Date Rec’d

Registered Surveys connected to this PM

REGISTERED NUMBER

DATUM ..................... ZONE ..... EASTING ........................................... NORTHING ........................................... AHD RL ........................................... STREET DIRECTORY REFERENCE

Map Ref


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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO COMMENCE SURVEY*

NOTICE THAT SURVEY HAS BEEN COMMENCED* Survey Co-ordination Act 1958 (section 5)

A survey * will be

* was commenced on .....................(appropriate date)

MGA2020 Grid Reference Locality CPO No.

Office Use Only

1:100 000 Map No.

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DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY

Type .............................................................................................................

Probable Classification ................................................................................

Probable Extent ............................................................................................

Other Particulars ..........................................................................................

Department or Authority .............................. Signature ............................. (Proper Officer)

Reference No. of Department or Authority ............................ * Strike out whichever not applicable A certificate of the Proper Officer setting out

reasons for late notice must accompany each notice that survey has been commenced.

Sch. 3 amended by S.R. No. 190/2018 reg. 8


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Column 1 County or Part of County

Column 2 MGA2020 Zone

All Parishes in the counties of—

Anglesey 55

Benambra 55

Bendigo (except Parish of Tarnagulla) 55

Parish of Tarnagulla 54

Bogong 55

Borung 54

Bourke 55

Buln Buln 55

Croajingolong 55

Dalhousie 55

Dargo 55

Delatite 55

Dundas 54

Evelyn 55

Follett 54

Gladstone 54

Sch. 4 amended by S.R. Nos 44/2015 reg. 11, 190/2018 reg. 9.


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Grant (except the following Parishes in the County of Grant)

55

Parish of Ballarat

Parish of Bungal

Parish of Bungaree

Parish of Buninyong

Parish of Clarendon 54 Parish of Kerrit Bareet

Parish of Korweinguboora

Parish of Lal Lal

Parish of Moorarbool West

Parish of Warrenheip

Grenville 54

Gunbower (except the Parish of Benjeroop) 55

Parish of Benjeroop 54

Hampden 54

Heytesbury 54

Kara Kara 54

Karkarooc 54

Lowan 54

Millewa 54

Moira 55

Mornington 55

Normanby 54


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Polwarth (except the following Parishes in the County of Polwarth)

54

Parish of Angahook

Parish of Boonah 55

Parish of Tutegong

Parish of Wensleydale

Ripon 54

Rodney 55

Talbot (except the following Parishes in the County of Talbot)

54

Parish of Baringhup

Parish of Bradford

Parish of Bullarook

Parish of Bullarto

Parish of Burke

Parish of Campbelltown

Parish of Castlemaine

Parish of Chewton

Parish of Coliban

Parish of Drummond

Parish of Edgecombe

Parish of Elphinstone

Parish of Faraday

Parish of Franklin

Parish of Fryers

Parish of Glenlyon 55

Parish of Guildford



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Parish of Harcourt

Parish of Hawkestone

Parish of Holcombe

Parish of Maldon

Parish of Muckleford

Parish of Neereman

Parish of Ravenswood

Parish of Sandon

Parish of Strangways

Parish of Sutton Grange

Parish of Tarrengower

Parish of Walmer 55

Parish of Wombat

Parish of Yandoit

Tambo 55

Tanjil 55

Tatchera 54

Villiers 54

Weeah 54

Wonnangatta 55



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Schedule 5—Trimmed sheet sizes

Regulation 14(e)

Table 1.1 Dimensions of Sheet

Designation Cut Sheet Dimensions

(mm)

A0 841 × 1189

A1 594 × 841

A2 420 × 594

A3 297 × 420

A4 210 × 297


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Schedule 6—Table for the classification of plans under regulation 17(3)

Regulation 15(3) Classification of Graphical Precision

Plotted positional error of any point not to exceed

AA 1 mm

90% of all points shall be correct within one half of the maximum positional error indicated.

BB 2 mm

CC 3 mm

DD Any lesser precision

Classification of Contour Precision

Interpolated elevation error of any point not to exceed

1 One contour interval

90% of all interpolated elevations must be correct within one half of the contour interval(s) indicated.

2 One and one half contour intervals

3 Two contour intervals

4 Any lesser precision

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Endnotes 1 General information

See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

The Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2014, S.R. No. 39/2014 were made on 20 May 2014 by the Governor in Council under section 22 of the Survey Co-ordination Act 1958, No. 6388/1958 and came into operation on 20 May 2014.

The Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2014 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 20 May 2024 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

• Headings

All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).

• Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before


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1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).

• Punctuation

All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3B).

• Provision numbers

All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).

• Location of "legislative items"

A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.

• Other material

Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).


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2 Table of Amendments This publication incorporates amendments made to the Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2014 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.

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Survey Co-ordination Amendment Regulations 2015, S.R. No. 44/2015 Date of Making: 2.6.15 Date of Commencement: 14.6.15: reg. 3

Survey Co-ordination Amendment Regulations 2018, S.R. No. 190/2018 Date of Making: 30.10.18 Date of Commencement: 1.11.18: reg. 3

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3 Amendments Not in Operation There are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this publication.


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4 Explanatory details Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004.

Statutory rule provision

Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document

Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document

Regulations 3 (definition of Map Grid of Australia 1994 (MGA94)), 10(1), 14(b) and 14(d)

Geocentric Datum of Australia defined in the notice of the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and published in Commonwealth Government Gazette Number GN 35 of 6 September 1995 (page 3369).

The whole

—— Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter was included in S.R. No. 190/2018 in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2014.

Statutory rule provision

Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document

Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document

Regulation 5 which amends regulation 3 (definition of Map Grid of Australia 2020 (MGA2020)) of the Principal Regulations, and regulations 6 and 7 which amend regulations 10(1) and 14(b) of those Regulations

National Measurement (Recognized-Value Standard of Measurement of Position) Determination 2017 dated 11 October 2017 and registered on the Federal Register of Legislation on 13 October 2017

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