AN ACT to amend the Bills of Sale Amendment Act, 1906. BE [Assented to 29th October, 1909.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Bills of Sale Act Amendment Short title. Act, 1909. 2. Section nineteen of the Bills of Sale Amendment Act. 1906, Repeal of Section 19 is hereby repealed, and the said Act shall be and the same is hereby of the Bills of Sale made perpetual. 1906, and the same Act made perpetual. By Authority: FRED. WM. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth. AN ACT to provide for the Registration and BR [Assented to 29th October, 1909.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: commencement. 1. This Act may be cited as the Licensed Surveyors Act, 1909, Short title and and shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten. 2. The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent therein stated. Wherever in any enactment reference is made to a licensed surveyor, such reference shall be deemed to mean a surveyor licensed under this Act, whose name appears on the register. Repeal. First Schedule. 3. Interpretation. See W.A. 1895, Q. 1908, No. 3, s. 3. Constitution of See W.A. 1895, : 3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the meanings set against them respectively :"Authorised Survey"-A survey of land authorised or required— (a.) Under any Act dealing with the alienation, leasing, and occupation of Crown lands, or under the Transfer of Land Act, 1893, or any other Act affecting titles to land; or (b.) By the proprietor, lessee, or mortgagee under any Act affecting titles to land; "Board"-The Land Surveyors' Licensing Board constituted under this Act. "Licensed Surveyor"-A surveyor licensed under this Act, whose name appears on the register. "Prescribed"-Prescribed by this Act or the regulations made thereunder. "Reciprocating State"-Any State, Colony, or Dominion within His Majesty's Dominions with which reciprocal arrangements have been made by the Board for the recognition of the status of surveyors. "Register"-The register of licensed surveyors directed by this Act to be kept. "Secretary"-The Secretary to the Board. "Surveyor General'-The professional officer charged with the general control of surveys under the Department of Lands and Surveys. "This Act"-This Act and any regulations made thereunder. 4. (1.) The Land Surveyors' Licensing Board constituted under the Licensed Surveyors Act, 1895, is hereby re-constituted, and shall consist of the Surveyor General and five other members. (2.) The Surveyor General shall be ex officio a member of the Board, and the chairman thereof. (3.) The members of the Board other than the Surveyor General shall be appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Surveyor General. (4.) The members of the Board other than the Surveyor General shall go out of office on the thirty-first day of December in every year, but shall be eligible for re-appointment, and shall be deemed to hold office till the appointment of their successors. (5.) The Governor may, on the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Board, remove any member, other than the Surveyor General, from the Board. (6.) (6.) Whenever any vacancy occurs on the Board by reason of the removal, death, or resignation of any member other than the Surveyor General, the Surveyor General shall forthwith nominate another person to fill such vacancy, and the Governor may appoint such person as a member of the Board. (7.) Whenever the Surveyor General neglects or omits to nominate for appointment (a.) On or before the first day of December in every year (b.) Within one month from the date of the removal, the Governor may appoint as members or a member of the Board (8.) All nominations for membership of the Board shall be in writing. (9.) All appointments of members shall be notified in the Government Gazette. 5. The rules set forth in the Second Schedule shall apply to Rules. the business, conduct, and proceedings of the Board. 6. (1.) The Board may from time to time appoint a secretary and such examiners and other officers as they think necessary for giving effect to this Act. Second Schedule. Secretary and (2.) All such persons shall hold office during the pleasure of Q. 1908, No. 3, the Board. (3.) The Board, with the approval of the Governor, may pay the secretary and other officers such salaries, fees, or allowances as they think fit. (4.) The members of the Board may receive such fees as the Governor may approve. 7. Subject to this Act, every person shall be entitled to a license and to be registered as a licensed surveyor upon making application in the prescribed form, and proving to the satisfaction of the Board that such person s. 6. Persons entitled to be registered. No. 14, s. 6. (i.) Has attained the age of twenty-one years, and is of good s. 7. (i.) Was entitled to practise as a licensed surveyor under (iii.) Has obtained the prescribed certificate of competency (iv.) |