The present Regulations are made under the Land Surveyors Act. The Regulations lay down provisions relating to the activities of land surveyors. For the purpose of the present Regulations “approved education program” means an education program that prepares a person for entry to the profession of land surveying, as approved by an examining body determined by the Council.
The present Regulations enact the Land Surveyors Act. The Regulations lay down provisions relating to the activities of land surveyors. The text consists of 143 sections divided into 7 Parts as follows: Discipline (I); Standards (II); Code of ethics (III); Professional liability insurance (V); Admission to membership (VI); Surveyor's Location Certificates (VII).
Implements: Land Surveyors Act (R.S.N.S.1989, c. 249). (2008)
Repealed by: Land Surveyors Regulations (N.S. Reg, 308/2013). (2014-02-25)
The purpose of the present Act is to: a) provide certainty in ownership of interests in land; b) simplify proof of ownership of interests in land; c) facilitate the economic and efficient execution of transactions affecting interests in land; and d) provide compensation for persons who sustain loss from a failure of the land registration system.
The purpose of the present Act is to ensure that every person whose land is expropriated shall be compensated. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms employed therein such as, for example, “appraisal report”, “Board”, “Court”, “expropriation authority”, “expropriation document”, “land”, “owner”, “registered owner”. Section 47 establishes that the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board shall determine any compensation where the parties have not agreed on the amount of compensation.
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