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

Regulations

Regulations promulgated in terms of Section 10 of the Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)

13. Indicatory beacons

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(1)When a corner point of a piece of land or the beacon of a real right fails in an inaccessible or insecure position, or in a position where it is deemed inadvisable to place a beacon, such position shall be preserved by means of an indicatory beacon or beacons.

 

(2)Except as otherwise provided in subregulation (5) of regulation 10, an indicatory beacon shall be placed on each of two of the rectilinear boundaries or their extensions, meeting at such corner point, and as close thereto as will be consistent with its safety: Provided that it shall not be necessary to place an indicatory beacon when it cannot be placed on line due to an obstructing building or permanent structure or physical feature.

[Regulation 13(2) substituted by section 6 of Notice No. 2249 of 2001]

 

(3)An indicatory beacon shall be placed on a rectilinear boundary to define its intersection with a curvilinear boundary.