Land Survey (General) Regulations, 1959

Government Notice 173 of 1959

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Land Survey (General) Regulations, 1959

Citation: Government Notice 173 of 1959
Primary work: Land Survey Act
Date: 31 July 2002
Language: English
Type: Government Notice

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Land Survey (General) Regulations, 1959

Government Notice 173 of 1959

Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
Commenced
[This is the version of this document as it was at 31 July 2002 to 9 December 2010.]
[Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 July 2002 and 30 November 2019 by the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for TANZLII.]

[Section 21; G.N.s. Nos. 173 of 1959; 161 of 1990; 293 of 1990; 187 of 1993; 261 of 1993; 42 of 1998]

Part I – Preliminary provisions (reg 1)

1. Citation and interpretation

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Land Survey (General) Regulations.

(2)In these Regulations "the Act" means the Land Survey Act¹.¹Cap. 324

Part II – Board of control of land surveyors (regs 2-4)

2. Meetings of the board

(1)At every meeting of the Board, each member shall have the right to one vote on any matter under discussion:Provided that in the event of an equality of votes the Chairman or, if he is absent, the Deputy Chairman shall have, in addition, a casting vote.

(2)Subject to the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the decisions of the majority of the members present and voting at a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be a decision of the Board.

(3)Every meeting of the Board shall be convened by the Chairman and not less than seven days' notice of the time and place of every meeting shall be sent to every member by the Secretary.

(4)The Secretary shall keep minutes of every meeting of the Board in a Minute Book kept for the purpose.

3. Surveyors' register

(1)The register of surveyors required to be kept under paragraph (b) of section 21 of the Act shall be kept by the Secretary.

(2)The register shall contain the following information in relation to each licensed surveyor—

(a)his name and permanent address;

(b)a short statement of all professional examinations passed, together with relevant numbers of certificates of examinations, diplomas, degrees, licences or titles;

(c)the date of passing or of exemption from the examination of the Board;

(d)a record of any offence against the Act committed by the surveyor or of any conduct by a surveyor leading to the exercise by the Board of any of its powers under paragraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (1) of section 30 of the Act, of any action taken by the Board under section 30 of the Act, and of the date of any relevant notification in the Gazette.

4. Registration

(1)Every person applying for the issue of a licence under paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of section 22 of the Act shall make written application to the Secretary of the Board and shall forward therewith—

(a)the original or certified copies of—

(i)his licence or equivalent authority to practise in any other country approved by the Minister under paragraph (b) of section 22 of the Act; or

(ii)his diploma of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; or

(b)evidence that he has the requisite length of service in Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service, whichever shall be appropriate.

(2)Written evidence shall also be produced giving as full information as is practicable regarding the applicant's career as a land surveyor and the types of work he has undertaken, together with dates and any other information which may be relevant.

(3)The types of survey prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (i) of the proviso to section 22 of the Act shall be those prescribed for Part II of the examination by regulation 13.

(4)Every application for the issue of a licence shall be accompanied by tender of the prescribed fee, which shall be refunded if the application is disallowed.

(5)Every person who has passed or been exempted from both Parts I and II of the examination prescribed under Part III of these Regulations shall, on payment of the prescribed licence fee, be entitled to a licence:Provided that no such person shall be entitled to a licence if he has been guilty of any conduct which would, had he been a licensed surveyor, have rendered him liable to admonishment or justified the Board's suspending or cancelling his licence under the provisions of section 30 of the Act.

Part III – Examinations (regs 5-15)

5. Applications for admission to examination and exemption

(1)Every application for admission to examination under section 23 of the Act shall be made in writing to the Secretary and shall be accompanied by documentary proof that the candidate is eligible under the Act for admission to examination.

(2)Every application for exemption from examination in any subject under section 24 of the Act shall be made in writing to the Secretary and shall state the grounds upon which the application is made.

(3)Every application for admission to Part I of the examination shall be accompanied by tender of the prescribed fee.

6. Examination place and date

(1)Examinations for licences shall be held at such places and on such dates as shall be notified by the Secretary in the Gazette.

(2)Every examination shall be in two parts and shall be in the English language.

7. Appointment of examiners

(1)The Board shall appoint not less than two examiners to conduct each part of the examination on behalf of the Board.

(2)The examiners shall report in writing to the Board, giving full particulars of the marks given by them to each candidate in each subject and such report shall be signed by every examiner.

8. Part I of the examination

The following subjects shall form Part I of the examination—

(a)survey instruments, including the principles of construction, adjustment and use of the following instruments, namely, theodolite, tachometer, plane table, sextant, level, compass, clinometer, barometer, thermometer, steel band, pantograph, planimeter, abney level and simple air survey instruments;

(b)principles and practice of surveying, including—

(i)triangulation, including quadrilateral, polygonal and raytrace computations, the graphical determination of points, interpolation, reduction of eccentric observations and corrections for displaced signals;

(ii)traverse surveys including the reduction of measured lines for sag, temperature, slope and mean seal level;

(iii)topographical and tacheometrial surveys;

(iv)determination of heights, including use of altimeter;

(v)setting out of roads and curves;

(vi)computations of areas including such as have irregular and curvilinear boundaries;

(vii)adjustment of discrepancies in surveys;

(viii)re-determination of boundaries from old plans and documents;

(ix)cutting off given areas;

(c)methods of field practice as prescribed in the Land Survey Act² and Surveyors' Regulations, including the keeping of field notes and the cross-referencing of records and computations;²Cap. 324

(d)drawing, including general plan drawing, compilation of plans, drawing of sections and contours, map projections;

(e)engineering surveys, including levelling, grading, and measurement of earth works;

(f)astronomy and geodesy, including the determination of latitude, longitude, azimuth and time, spherical excess, convergence of meridians and transformation of co-ordinates;

(g)knowledge of the following enactments in so far as they relate to the survey and demarcation of land for purposes of making title—the Land Act³;³Cap. 113the Land Registration Act⁴;⁴Cap. 334the Land Registration Rules⁵;⁵Cap. 334the Highways Act⁶;⁶Cap. 167the Town and Country Planning Act⁷,⁷Cap. 379and any Act or rules replacing any of the foregoing;

(h)knowledge of the Land Survey Act⁸ and of the Land Survey and Surveyors' Regulations.⁸Cap. 324

9. Allotment of marks

Marks in Part I of the examination shall be allotted as follows—

		Marks
(a)	Survey instruments	50
(b)	Principles and practice of surveying	50
(c)	Field practice	150
(d)	Drawing	50
(e)	Engineering survey	50
(f)	Astronomy and geodesy	150
(g)	Land Act and regulations	50
(h)	Land Survey Act and regulations	50
Total Marks		600

10. Percentage of marks for a pass in Part I

(1)A candidate shall not be deemed to have passed Part I of the examination unless he has obtained fifty percent or more of the possible marks in each of the following subjects, namely, principles and practise of surveying, field practice, astronomy and geodesy.

(2)A candidate shall also be required to obtain sixty percent or more of the total marks possible.

11. Re-examination

A candidate who fails to obtain the requisite number of marks in any one only of the three subjects referred to in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 may be allowed, at the discretion of the Board and upon payment of the prescribed fee, to be re-examined in such subject only, provided he has obtained sixty percent of the total marks possible for the whole examination. In such circumstances, the candidate will be required to obtain not less than sixty percent in the subject in which he is re-examined.

12. Candidates eligible for part II

Only candidates who have passed Part I of the examination or who have been exempted by the Board from so passing, shall be admitted to Part II of the examination.

13. Part II of the examination

(1)Part II of the examination shall consist of the following trial surveys—

(a)survey of a farm property which may involve the use of either traverse methods or triangulation, observations for azimuth and latitude, survey of an irregular boundary or the re-establishment of missing beacons;

(b)survey of a township area containing buildings.

(2)The original field notes, computations and plans of such surveys shall be submitted to the examiners.

14. Percentage of marks for a pass in part II

A candidate shall not be deemed to have passed Part II of the examination unless he has obtained sixty percent or more of the total marks obtainable in each of the two tests set out in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) of regulation 13.

15. Conduct of examinations

(1)The Board shall appoint one or more invigilators to be in attendance during Part I of the examination.

(2)Logarithmic tables, computing machines and other mathematical aids may be taken into the examination, but text books will not be permitted.

(3)The examiners in Part II of the examination shall, before the examination, submit for the approval of the Board, particulars of all proposed trial surveys.

Part IV – Miscellaneous provisions (regs 16-18)

16. Form of licence

A licence under the Act shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule.

17. Fees

The fees set out in the third column of the Second Schedule shall be charged for the several matters set out opposite in the second column.

18. Charges

The charges to be paid for surveys undertaken by the Director or a Government Surveyor, or for other services carried out by the Director or the Department of Lands and Surveys specified in the Third Schedule shall be in accordance with the charges set out in that Schedule.

First Schedule (Regulation 16)

Land surveyor's licence

[Editorial note: The form has not been reproduced.]

Second Schedule (Regulation 17)

Fees

Prescribed fees
Item	Matter	Charge Shs.
1	Application for Licence Reg. 4(1) and (5)	500/-
2	Application for Admission to Part I of the Examination	1,000/-
3	Application for re-examination under provisions of Regulation II	300/-
4	Access to plans and records in the Survey Division	500/-

Third Schedule (Regulation 18)

Charges for surveys

1.Basic charge to be levied for farm surveysScale of charges for farm surveys undertaken by Government Surveyors—The fees shall increase according to Regulation 18 sect. 2

Up	to	1ha	Sh. 80,000/-.
1ha	to	10ha	Sh. 80,000/-plus 1/-per square metre of land in excess of 1ha.
10ha	to	20ha	Sh. 170,000/-plus -/90 per square metre of land in excess of 10ha.
20ha	to	50ha	Sh. 260,000/-plus -/70 per square metre of land in excess of 20ha.
50ha	to	100ha	Sh. 470,000/-plus -/50 per square metre of land in excess of 50ha.
100ha	to	500ha	Sh. 720,000/-plus -/20 per square metre of land in excess of 100ha.
500ha	to	1000ha	Sh. 1,520,000/-plus -/10 per square metre of land in excess of 500ha.
1000ha	to	5000ha	Sh. 2,020,000/-plus -/05 per square metre of land in excess of 5000ha.
Over 5000ha			Fees shall be assessed by the Director of Surveys and Mapping on request.

2.Increases for complex boundaries

(a)The charges in section 1 are based on the assumption that a property is 4-sided and only 4 beacons are necessary to define the boundaries. In the case of more complex boundaries there will be an additional charge according to the following table of increases—

Table of increases
No. of boundaries	Increase Percent	No. of boundaries	Increase Percent
1-4	Nil	17	38
5	5	18	39
6	10	19	40
7	15	20	41
8	20	21	42
9	22½	22	43
10	25	23	44
11	27½	24	46
12	30	25	46
13	32½	26	47
14	35	27	48
15	36	28	49
16	37	29 and over	50

(b)Five percent of the basic charge additional to the increase charged under section 2(a) will be charged for every boundary which is curvilinear provided that the total increase shall not exceed 50 percent of the basic charge.

3.Subdivisions

(a)The charge for subdividing a surveyed piece of land into two portions shall be the charge for the survey of the smaller area less 10 percent for each of the original boundaries forming part of the portion subject to a maximum deduction of 50 percent.

(b)The charge for subdividing a surveyed piece of land into three or more portions shall be the sum of the charges for each of the portions cut off the whole. The charge for each portion may be reduced by 10 percent for every original boundary or common boundary subject to a maximum deduction of 50 percent in respect of each portion.

(c)The charge for subdividing an unsurveyed piece of land shall be the sum of the charges for all the portions. The charge for each portion may be reduced by 10 percent for every common boundary up to a maximum reduction of 50 percent in respect of each plot.

4.ExtensionsThe charge for surveying an extension to a surveyed piece of land shall be the charge for that area less 10 percent for each original boundary line forming part of the extensions up to a maximum deduction of 50 percent.

5.Inclusion of cost of fieldwork and computationsThe charges under sections 1-4 include the cost of field work and computations.

6.Scale of fees for plots undertaken by government surveyors (charge is per square metre of land)

Locality	Residential Plot		Industrial and Commercial	Social Services
	Up to 400 Square metres	More than 400 Square metres
City and Municipalities	30/-	35/-	50/-	15/-
Townships and District Headquarters	20/-	25/-	40/-	10/-
Trading Centres and Others	10/-	15/-	25/-	57/-

7.As prescribed under section six

8.Other field workThe charge, for surveys such as detail surveys, re-establishment of boundary beacons etc, shall be Shs. 2,000/-per hour of Shs. 12,000/-per day.

9.Office workScale of charges for checking and examining of surveys. The charge for examining a survey of 10 plots or less shall be 5000/-for the first plot and 500/-for each plot above one.The charge for examining a survey of between 10-50 plots shall Shs. 9,500 for the first 10 plots and T. Shs. 300/-for each plot above 10.The charge of a survey of 50 plots and above shall be 21,500/-for the first 50 plots and 100/-for each plot above 50.There shall be a charge of 2,000/-every time a survey is resubmitted after extra field work.

10.Boundary dataAn additional charge may be made for office work involved in searching into records for information necessary to determine the boundaries and correctness of data.The charge shall be Shs. 5000/-per hour or shs. 3,000/-per day.

11.Office workThe charge for office work not specified in section 9 and 10 (for example compilation miscellaneous computations etc.) shall be Shs. 500/-per hour or Shs. 3,000/-per day.

12.Scale of charges for checking and examining of surveys submitted to the department of lands and surveys by licensed surveyorsThe charge of examining a survey shall be as per section 9 subject to plots being surveyed simultaneously on one survey plan.

13.Scale of charges for deed plansThe charge for deed plans shall be Sh. 6,000/-per set of six

14.Prices for maps and publications

A.	Maps	Price (TAS)
	Map Series Y742	Sh. 4,000/-
	Map Series Y503	Sh. 3,500/-
	Map Series IMW 1301	Sh. 3,500/-
	District Maps	Sh. 3,000/-
	Regional	Sh. 3,000/-
	Tanzania, 1/2,000,000	Sh. 4,000/-
	Township Maps	Sh. 3,000/-
	Atlas Pages	Sh. 3,000/-
	Road Map	Sh. 4,000/-
	Special Maps
	S1	Sh. 5,000/-
	S2	Sh. 3,000/-
	S3, S4	Sh. 2,500/-
	S5	Sh. 2,500/-
	S6-S9	Sh. 3,500/-
	S10-S12	Sh. 2,000/-
	S13	Sh. 3,000/-
	S14, S15	Sh. 2,500/-
B	Aerial Film Processing	Cost on request.
	Air photographic services
	Photo Prints
	(a) Where film is available	Sh. 4,000/-
	(b) Where film is not available first print	Sh. 12,500/-
	Extra prints	Sh. 4,000/-
	Film Diapositive	Sh. 15,000/-
	Mosaics and Print laydowns
	Size 18" by 18"	Sh. 8,000/-
	Size 24" by 24"	Sh. 12,000/-
	Size 30" by 40"	Sh. 15,000/-
C	Diazo Prints and Miscellaneous
	Dyeline Machine plots 30" by 40" max.	Sh. 4,000/-
	Dyeline Prints of all maps	Sh. 4,000/-
	Enlargement, Reductions	Cost on request.
	Dyeline prints, site/survey plans	Sh. 4,000/-
D	Other Publications
D	Prices shall be displayed at the shop.

15.Special plansIf plans of a survey are required on drawing paper or tracing cloth, the actual cost of preparation will be charged.

16.If copies of original plans, original field notes or original computations or photographic prints are required, the actual cost of preparation will be charged.

17.GeneralApplicants for surveys may be required to deposit in advance the estimated cost of such surveys.

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History of this document

10 December 2010 amendment not yet applied

Amended by Land Survey (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

31 July 2002 this version

Consolidation

Cited documents 5

Act 4

1.	Land Act	1830 citations
2.	Land Survey Act	20 citations
3.	Highways Act	15 citations
4.	Tanzania Commission for Aids Act	3 citations

Ordinance 1

1.	Land Registration Act	5 citations

Land Survey (General) Regulations, 1959

Government Notice 173 of 1959

Land Survey (General) Regulations, 1959

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Related documents

Land Survey (General) Regulations, 1959

Government Notice 173 of 1959

Part I – Preliminary provisions (reg 1)

1. Citation and interpretation

Part II – Board of control of land surveyors (regs 2-4)

2. Meetings of the board

3. Surveyors' register

4. Registration

Part III – Examinations (regs 5-15)

5. Applications for admission to examination and exemption

6. Examination place and date

7. Appointment of examiners

8. Part I of the examination

9. Allotment of marks

10. Percentage of marks for a pass in Part I

11. Re-examination

12. Candidates eligible for part II

13. Part II of the examination

14. Percentage of marks for a pass in part II

15. Conduct of examinations

Part IV – Miscellaneous provisions (regs 16-18)

16. Form of licence

17. Fees

18. Charges

First Schedule (Regulation 16)

Land surveyor's licence

Second Schedule (Regulation 17)

Fees

Third Schedule (Regulation 18)

Charges for surveys

History of this document

10 December 2010 amendment not yet applied

31 July 2002 this version

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Is amended by

Cited documents 5

Act 4

Ordinance 1

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