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About the Surveyor-General of Victoria
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The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the primary government authority on surveying and the cadastre (land property boundaries and tenure). Roles and responsibilities for the Surveyor-General are prescribed under a diverse range of Acts and Regulations of Parliament. The role of the Surveyor-General includes responsibilities for Victoria's:
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Statutory Responsibilities and Powers
The Surveyor-General plays a key governance role in Victoria and is:- the statutory authority on surveying and cadastral boundaries
- the Registrar of Geographic Names in Victoria (visit VICNAMES)
- chair of the Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria
- a Commissioner for Electoral Boundaries in Victoria
- a member of the Federal Redistribution Committee for Victoria
- a State Verifying Authority for the measurement of length
- responsible for registering survey plans in the Land Registry
- leading the Office of Surveyor-General Victoria and its contribution to the Department of Sustainability and Environment's (DSE) corporate mission, product and service delivery charter.
Additional Roles and Responsibilities
The Surveyor-General is also responsible for:- providing high level advice to the Minister and DSE on statutory and policy matters relating to surveying, geodetic infrastructure, the survey control network and the cadastre
- determinatiing and approving Crown (government) land boundaries and alignments
- co-ordinating surveying activities within Victoria to ensure that appropriate standards are maintained by state authorities
- maintaining Victoria's geodetic infrastructure and survey control network
- setting standards of measurement and is a State Verifying Authority for the measurement of length under the Australian Government's National Measurement Act 1960
- monitoring compliance of land surveyors with regulations and standards to ensure adequate maintenance of the cadastral boundaries form the basis of land ownership in Victoria
- promulgating surveying practice directions in relation to standards of measurement, survey and marking through the Survey Practice Handbook or Surveyor-General Practice Directives.
Surveyor-General Victoria
Level 17, 570 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
P.O.Box 500
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Ph: (03) 8636 2525
Fax: (03) 8636 2588
Email: Surveyor.General@dse.vic.gov.au

