| (1) | A general plan intended to be approved by the Surveyor-General shall be provided when required under any law or when the property is subdivided into 10 or more pieces of land, and shall comply with the following requirements: |
| (a) | It shall be prepared in black print of good quality on one or more sheets of durable material at the following metric sizes; A0, A1, A2, and A3: Provided that if the layout of the pieces of land is depicted on more than one sheet, the first sheet shall contain a key plan indicating the sheet numbers and divisions: Provided further that each sheet shall be numbered; |
| (b) | The provisions of paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 19 which are applicable to a diagram shall, with the necessary changes, apply to a general plan: Provided that these requirements may be relaxed with the prior consent of the Surveyor-General; |
| (c) | The provisions of paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (n), (o) and (p) of subregulation (1) of regulation 19 which are applicable to a diagram shall, with the necessary changes, also apply to a general plan. |
[Regulation 20(1)(c) substituted by section 8(a) of Notice No. 2249 of 2001]
| (d) | The following information shall be provided in respect of the subdivisions: |
| (i) | The co-ordinates, which shall be tabulated, of, in the case of rural land, all corner points and any indicatory beacons defining any such point or in the case of urban land, the corners of blocks of erven and reference marks; |
| (ii) | The length and direction of each side, which shall be recorded within the figure whenever it is feasible to do so: Provided that when the sides of two or more adjoining erven in a block are parallel, it shall only be necessary to record the directions of the first and last of such parallel sides. Provided further that the value of the direction of a side shall be recorded within the figure so as to represent the clockwise direction of such side irrespective of the manner in which it is written; |
| (iii) | The areas, which shall be tabulated consecutively and separately for each erf, shall be expressed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (i)(iv) of subregulation (1) of regulation 19; |
[Regulation 20(1)(d)(iii) substituted by section 8(b) of Notice No. 2249 of 2001]
| (iv) | The widths of roads, when uniform, which shall be recorded in the figure of the road; |
| (v) | Sufficient numerical data to connect the blocks with each other and with the boundaries of the outside figure: Provided that such data shall be furnished in the figure of the plan, or in an inset; |
| (vi) | The designation of each erf shall be written within the figure; |
| (e) | The Surveyor-General may in exceptional circumstances and subject to such conditions as he or she may deem necessary, relax any of the requirements of this subregulation. |
[Regulation 20(1)(e) inserted, by the renumbering of subregulation (1)(d)(vii), by section 8(c) of Notice No. 2249 of 2001]
| (2) | [Regulation 20(2) deleted by section 5 of Notice No. 645 of 2013] |
| (3) | The Surveyor-General may refuse to approve any general plan should he or she be of the opinion that it is dilapidated, framed in a careless manner or its appearance is spoilt by amendments or additions. |
| (4) | It shall not be necessary to place internal beacons on a General Plan prior to approval of that General Plan, however in such instances the Surveyor-General shall caveat the Registrar of Deeds listing those erven not beaconed, which erven may not be transferred until such time that beacons of those respective erven have been placed and supplementary survey records accepted for filing. |
[Regulation 20(4) inserted by section 3 of Notice No. 832 of 2014]
