[Words preceding section 3(1)(a)substituted by section 11(a) of the Land Affairs General Amendment Act, 1998 (Act No. 61 of 1998), Notice No. 1214, GG 19291, dated 28 September 1998]
| (a) | promote and control all matters connected with those surveys and services; |
| (b) | conduct such cadastral survey related research as may be required; |
[Section 3(1)(b) substituted by section 11(b) of the Land Affairs General Amendment Act, 1998 (Act No. 61 of 1998), Notice No. 1214, GG 19291, dated 28 September 1998]
| (c) | take charge of and preserve the records of all surveys and operations which do not form part of the records of an office of a Surveyor-General and which were carried out before the commencement of this Act or under this section; |
| (d) | prepare, compile and amend such maps and other documents as may be required; |
| (f) | regulate the procedure in each Surveyor-General’s office and determine the manner in which this Act shall be carried out. |
| (2) | Any land surveyor employed in the office of the Chief Surveyor-General may, if authorised thereto by the Chief Surveyor-General, perform any specified act or task which may be performed in terms of this Act or any other law by the Chief Surveyor-General. |
