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The 19 sections of this Act are divided into 6 Parts: Citation and Interpretation (I); Establishment of Land Surveyor's Board (II); Licensing and registration of Land Surveyors (III); Discipline (IV); Appeals (V); Miscellaneous (VI).A Board to be known as the Land Surveyors' Board is established under section 3. Rules laid down in Schedule I apply to the constitution of the Board. The Board shall organize land surveyor examinations, consider applications for land surveyor licences, and institute disciplinary legal proceedings in accordance with provisions 10 to 12 (sect. 5). Persons who wish to practise land surveying in Barbados shall meet the conditions set out in section 6. Qualifications for land surveyors shall be prescribed by the Board under section 15. A land surveyor licensed under this Act may perform any of the traditional functions of a land surveyor as prescribed by the Board. Licences shall be issued by the Minister responsible for lands upon recommendation of the Board. The Registrar of the Supreme Court shall keep a land surveyors' roll and all licensed land surveyors who wish to practise in Barbados shall register annually in January of each year. (sects. 8 and 9) The Act is completed by two Schedules. Schedule II contains a form of licence issued under section 6.
Implemented by: Land Surveyors' Rules, 1985. (S.I. No. 111 of 1985) (1985-05-15)
