Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)

A. OFFICES OF THE CHIEF SURVEYOR-GENERAL AND THE SURVEYORS-GENERAL

FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED IN TERMS OF SECTIONS 3 AND 6 OF THE LAND SURVEY ACT, NO 8 OF 1997, AND IN TERMS OF SECTION 7 OF THE SECTIONAL TITLES ACT, NO 95 OF 1986

STANDARD PRODUCT AND SERVICES

Note that the prescribed fees do not include packaging and postage. The fee for packaging and delivery services will be in line with SA Postal services

1.1

SUBMISSIONS

The fees below cover the supply, by the Surveyor-General in the prescribed circumstances, of the registration copies of approved documents, as well as all survey-related services in connection with or incidental to such registration which are not specified else-where in this scale of fees.

It however excludes the costs involved in the printing of any documents submitted as required by the Acts or Regulations in support of lodgements referred to in paragraphs 1.1.1 - 1.1.4 and necessary for record, examination, or archival purposes.  Such exclusions are addressed under paragraph 1.1.5.

For the total processing of lodgements:—

1.1.1

Diagram

R425

Provided that in the case of a servitude diagram, depicting a servitude(s) over two or more pieces of land, an additional fee is payable for each additional piece of land in excess of one(1)

R64

1.1.2

General Plan

(Basic fee + additional amount per piece of land depicted on such plan)

(a)

2 to 50 pieces:

R1330 / R80

(b)

51 to 300 pieces:

R1765 / R75

(c)

301 to 500 pieces

R4670 / R70

(d)

501 and upwards:

R6370 / R90

1.1.3

Sectional Plan (Basic fee)

(including a plan of cession of real rights)

R480

Additional fee for each Section, Exclusive Use Area, newly created Servitude or Real Right shown or recorded on such plan

R70

1.1.4

Administration fee for re-submission

R85

In addition for each:—

(a)

Reframed Diagram

R210

Provided that in the case of servitude diagram, depicting a servitude(s) over two or more pieces of land, an additional fee is payable for each additional piece of land in excess of one(1)

R32

(b)

Reframed General Plan

(per sheet and for each erf appearing on the reframed sheet)

R640 / R43

(c)

Reframed Sectional Title Plan

(per sheet)

R225

Additional fee for each Section, Exclusive Use Area, newly created Servitude or Real Right shown or recorded on such reframed sheet

R32

1.1.5

Multimedia / Digital Submissions

The printing of any document submitted as required by the Acts or Regulations in support of lodgements referred to in paragraphs 1.1.1 - 1.1.4 and necessary for record, examination, or archival purposes, including the preparation of office copies of diagrams, general plans or sectional plans on any media, shall be consistent with the cost of the specific hardcopy as specified in paragraph 1.7 in addition to the examination fees.

1.2

AMENDMENTS OR ENDORSEMENTS

For each amendment or endorsement of a diagram, general plan or sectional plan, in terms of any law.

R180

Provided that if in the opinion of a Surveyor-General, the necessary work is of a complicated nature, the fee prescribed in paragraph 2.2 shall apply.

Provided further that this fee shall not cover the certification and supply by a Surveyor-General of copies of such diagram, general plan or sectional plan necessary for registration or any other purposes.

1.3

WITHDRAWALS

Withdrawing a diagram, general plan or sectional plan, per document.

R180

Provided that, where a large number of documents are to be withdrawn simultaneously, the work relating to such withdrawals can be done with the consent of the Surveyor-General on a time charge as prescribed in paragraph 2.2

1.4

CERTIFICATION

Certification of diagrams, general plans or sectional plans, per document.

Plus the cost of the required number of prints as prescribed in paragraph 1.7

R48

1.5

PREPARATION OF CERTIFICATES, REPORTS TO COURT, AFFIDAVITS AND ALPHABETICAL LISTS

(a)

Each hour or portion thereof spent on the preparation of a:—

R275

R380

(b)

A hard copy of an alphabetical list containing the names of townships, agricultural holdings, farms or sectional title schemes, per list.

R180

Provided that an additional fee per A4-size page shall be charged for each page of an alphabetical list in excess of 100 A4-size pages.

R11

1.6

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

In terms of section 15(1) of the Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Spacial Data Infrastructure Act - Policy on the Pricing of Spacial Information Products, these standard products and services are available free of charge and only the direct costs of copy and supply, such as transfer medium, printing, paper, ink, postage and packaging are recovered.

1.7

SUPPLY OF SCANNED CADASTRAL DOCUMENTS

1.7.1

Paper prints

i.

A4 size.

R11

ii.

A3 size.

R16

iii.

A2 size.

R21

iv.

A1 size.

R32

v.

A0 size.

R42,50

1.7.2

Film prints

i.

A2 size. (or portion thereof)

R32

ii.

A1 size.

R64

iii.

A0 size.

R106

1.7.3

Client self-downloads from URL: http//csg.dla.gov.za

R0

1.7.4

Auto Emailer use

R0

1.7.5

E-mail supply of scanned cadastral documents

(excluding bulk extraction addressed in paragraph 2.1)

Provided that the supply, nature, scale and material used for any print will be at the discretion of the Chief Surveyor-General or a Surveyor-General as the case may be

R0

1.8

DIGITAL CADASTRAL AND RELATED INFORMATION

1.8.1

Digital cadastral spatial database

(where available as a standard product)

(i)

Copy of national cadastral spatial database supplied in shape file format only

R0.00

(ii)

Copy of any provintial cadastral spatial database supplied in shape file format only

R0.00

2.

NON-STANDARD PRODUCTS

Note that the prescribed fees do not include packaging and postage. The fee for packaging and delivery services will be in line with SA Postal services

2.1

BULK EXTRACTIONS FROM THE DATABASES, DATA MANIPULATION OR PROCESSING

2.1.1

For each half-hour or portion thereof spent on the extraction of the information and/or data manipulation

(Computer processing time will not be considered)

R185

2.1.2

Prints of cadastral spatial data

(A1 and larger paper sizes)

(a)

Per print.

Printing fee prescribed in paragraph 1.7 plus extraction and/or manipulation fee prescribed in paragraph 2.1.1 for each half-hour or portion thereof spent

The above fee will apply to prepare the digital information in a format other than the format in which the information captured, provided that the required format is supported by the software in use and subject to the discretion of the Chief Surveyor-General or Surveyor-General, as the case may be.

2.1.3

Compact disk (if not supplied by clients)

R24,50

2.2

MISCELLANEOUS

The charge per hour or portion thereof for any work or services not specified elsewhere in this scale of fees.

R370

2.3

PACKAGING AND POSTAGE

The fee for packaging and services will be in line with the SA Postal Services fees. No packaging and delivery fee if the required digital information is dispatched via e-mail.

B.

THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DIRECTOR: NATIONAL GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION

Note that fees prescribed do not include packaging and postage. The fee for packaging and postage is reviewed from time to time in line with the SA Postal Services fees and published on the Chief Directorate: National Geo-spatial Information website: http://www.ngi.gov.za for easy reference.

3.

STANDARD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

3.1

MAPS OF THE NATIONAL SERIES

3.1.1

Maps of the 1:10 000 Orthophoto:

(a)

Paper print

R23 per map

(b)

Black and white orthophotos HP coated paper

R26 per map

3.1.2

1:50 000 topographical, South Africa

R25,50 per map

3.1.3

1:250 000 topo-cadastral, South Africa

R25,50 per map

3.1.4

1:500 000 topo-admin edition

R25,50 per map

3.2

OTHER MAPS

3.2.1

Aeronautical edition (ICAO symbols)

R25,50 per map

3.2.2

1:1 000 000 world aeronautical chart (ICAO)

R25,50 per map

3.2.3

1:1 100 000 South Africa

R98 per map

3.2.4

1:2 000 000 South Africa (2015 edition)

R28 per map

3.2.5

1:250 000 topographical (Southern Africa)

R28 per map

3.2.6

Provincial Map (various scales), South Africa

R25,50 per map

3.2.7

Maps of the Regional Series (various scales)

R25,50 per map

3.3

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY - AND IMAGERY RELATED PRODUCTS

Availability is subject to the following condition: Research and/or preparation requirements for aerial photography products or imagery will be free for the first hour, thereafter an hourly rate in terms of paragraph B5 will apply to research and preparation of the information.

3.3.1

Prints produced for Aerial Imagery products:

Prints on HP coated satin photo paper not exceeding:

(a)

125mm x 250mm per sheet

R12

(b)

250mm x 250mm per sheet

R17

(c)

450mm x 500mm per sheet

R36

(d)

700mm x 900mm per sheet

R87

(e)

900mm x 1000mm per sheet

R115

3.3.2

Flight Plans

(a)

Paper copy

R23

3.4

PRODUCTS OF THE NATIONAL CONTROL SURVEY SYSTEM

3.4.1

Co-ordinates and/or heights of trigonometrical stations, town survey marks and benchmarks:

(a)

Output in digital format, also available on internet, per point

R0

(b)

Plans of the national control survey network per paper print for every half square metre or portion thereof:

R22

R9

Note 1: The Chief Director: National Geo-spatial Information cannot guarantee that any trigonometrical station, town survey mark or benchmark for which data have been supplied has not been disturbed or removed.

Note 2: Co-ordinates based on the Cape Datum (Modified Clarke 1880) are no longer kept up to date and may not represent the current position of trigonometrical beacons and town survey marks.

3.4.2

TrigNet (GPS) Data

(a)

Post Processing Date only

R0.00

Charged at the standard hourly rate for preparation and dispatch (Refer to paragraph 4.5.a))

(b)

Real time differential and kinematic GNSS services

(Disseminated as live data streams via Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol (NTRIP))

R0.00

3.5

DIGITAL SPATIAL INFORMATION

Digital data is available, only cost to be paid is the medium onto which the data is written.

3.5.1

Digital topographical and related information

(a)

Off-the-shelf products (listed digital spatial information available as a standard product)

Only cost to be paid is the medium onto which the data is written.

R0.00

R0.00

R0.00

R0.00

R0.00

R0.00

(b)

Digital information not contained in the of-the-shelf products and/or required in any other format

Charged at the standard hourly rate for preparation and dispatch (Refer to paragraph 4.5.a))

4.

NON-STANDARD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

4.1

NON-STANDARD PRODUCTS

4.1.1

Prints on paper, per sheet:

(a)

A4 size

R11

(b)

A3 size

R16

4.1.2

Colour grid index guide

(includes 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 map series)

(a)

Paper copy

R21

(b)

Digital (Jpeg file format)

Only cost to be paid is the medium onto which the data is written.

R0

4.1.3

Previous edition maps

(a)

Paper copies

R25,50

(b)

Digital copies (Jpeg file format)

Only cost to be paid is the medium onto which the data is written.

R0

Provided that the supply, nature, scale and material used for any print shall be at the discretion of the Chief Director: National Geo-spatial Information.

4.2

MOSAICS OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (DIGITAL PROCESS)

In addition to the cost of the output medium, which shall be according to fees under Standard Products paragraph 3.3, the cost of producing each mosaic from

(a)

2 unrectified aerial photographs/images

R370

(b)

Thereafter for each additional aerial photograph/image, add

R16

Provided that the supply and nature of mosaics shall be at the discretion of the Chief Director: National Geo-spatial Information.

4.3

SCANNING OF HISTORICAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

4.3.1

1 - 20 scans at 1200 dots per inch

R0.00

4.3.2

Prioritisation of scans at a rate of 4 per hour

R370

4.4

LAMINATION SERVICES

4.4.1

At 75 micron thickness, per square metre or portion thereof

R32

4.5

SPECIALISED SERVICES

For any work or service not specified elsewhere in this scale of fees, the charge shall be on a time basis per hour or portion thereof, provided that searches in the office shall be made subject to such conditions as the Chief Director: National Geo-spatial Information may from time to time determine. Requests for customized products or services shall be dealt with on a quotation basis, including but not limited to MapAware workshops and the production of specialized maps, as follows:

(a)

Customised mapping services, professional advisory services: per hour or portion thereof

R370

4.6

DIGITAL DATA IN NON-SPECIFIED FORMATS

4.6.1

For each hour or portion thereof spent on the extraction of digital products into non-specified formats, which are indicated below

R370

Provided that the Chief Director: National Geospatial Information is able to support the exchange format, the digital information could be supplied in one of the following file formats:

Topographical Vector data: Map Infor (.mif), Microstation (.dgn), Autocad (.dwg) and (.dxf)

Topographical Raster data: TIFF.

4.6.2

RSA Geographical Names

Both gazette and non-gazette names are available from the integrated topographical information system (ITIS).

Queries may be referred to the South African Geographical Names Committee (SAGNC) @ http://sagna.dac.gov.za

4.6.3

Software

Note: Software is prepacked on server; only cost to be recovered is medium onto which data is written.

(a)

Transformation software WGSTRN ver 2.12 plus

Transformation parameters covering RSA

R53

(b)

Conversion software GEOTRAN98

To convert UTM to geographical co-ordinates

R53

(c)

Geoid Interpolation software

To interpolate geoidal heights from SA Geoid models.

R53

4.6.4

Digital coastline high resolution of RSA

R53

Note: Digital data is prepacked on server, cost to be recovered is medium onto which data is written.

4.7

PACKAGING, POSTAGE AND COST OF TRANSFER MEDIA

4.7.1

Courier cost to collect from Chief Directorate: National Geo-spatial Information counter, other than SA Postal Services

To be arranged and paid for by the client

4.7.2

PACKAGING

(a)

Packaging tube

R17

(b)

Packaging box

R17

4.7.3

TRANSFER MEDIA

(a)

CD

R24,50

(b)

DVD

R24,50