Aug. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2773

Examination Rules under the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of
the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, the Survey Board doth
hereby make the following rules, and doth hereby (as from the com-
mencement of the rules hereby made) revoke the rules made under
the said Act on the 25th day of September, 1929, and published in
the Gazette on the 7th day of November, 1929, at page 2783.

R U L E S.

RULE I.—INTERPRETATION.

(1) THESE rules may be cited as the Survey Examination Rules, 1934.
(2) These rules shall come into force on the date of publication
thereof in the Gazette.
(3) In the interpretation of these rules, unless the context other-
wise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings set against
each respectively :—
“ The Act ” means the Act by authority of which these rules are
made, that is to say, the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928 :
“ The Real Property Acts ” includes all Acts containing provisions
relating to the subdivision of freehold lands, together with
all regulations thereunder for the time being in force, and
in particular includes the Land Transfer Act, 1915, the Land
Act, 1924, the Town-planning Act, 1926, the Public Works
Act, 1928, and the Native Land Act, 1931, and the respective
regulations thereunder for the time being in force :
“ Reciprocating State ” means any State, Dominion, Colony, or
other territory within His Majesty’s dominions or under
His Majesty’s control or protection with which reciprocal
arrangements for the recognition of the status of surveyors
have been made as herein provided and are for the time
being in force :
“ The Board ” means the Survey Board constituted under the
Act :
“ Registrar ” means the Registrar of Surveyors for the purposes
of the Act :
“ Register ” means the Register of Surveyors directed to be kept
pursuant to the Act :
“ Reciprocating Board ” means the body in any reciprocating
State having powers and duties corresponding to those of
the Board :
“ Registered Surveyor ” means any person for the time being
registered as a surveyor under the Act, and includes any
person for the time being registered by or at the direction
or with the approval of a reciprocating Board as a “ licensed,”
“ qualified,” “ registered,” “ authorized,” or “ certified ”
surveyor or land surveyor, or by any other corresponding
title in any reciprocating State :
“ Articles ” includes any indenture, deed, or other writing con-
taining a contract or agreement for tuition in land surveying
made between a registered surveyor and a person seeking
to qualify himself for registration as a land surveyor :
“ University ” includes (a) the University of New Zealand ; (b) any
university in a reciprocating State recognized by the re-
ciprocating Board of that State ; (c) any university else-
where than in a reciprocating State recognized by the Board
for the purpose of these rules.

RULE II.—RECIPROCITY.

(1) On being satisfied that in any territory within His Majesty’s
Dominions or under His Majesty’s control or protection the profession
of land surveyor is established upon a footing similar to that existing
in New Zealand, and that satisfactory official control is exercised
over the profession and that reciprocal recognition is or is about to
be accorded there to New Zealand surveyors substantially in accord-
ance with the provisions of these rules relating to reciprocating States,
the Board may by resolution decide that such territory be a reciprocating
State for the purposes of these rules.
(2) Any such resolution may from time to time be rescinded.
(3) Until the Board otherwise decides the following territories shall
be deemed to be reciprocating States for the purposes of these rules :
New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland,
and Western Australia.