Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
In the Land Surveyors Act 1991 (called in this Act the principal Act), in section 2 —
in the definition of “authorised surveyor”, replace “a surveyor” with “a land surveyor”;
after the definition of “Chief Surveyor”, insert —“ “foreign competent authority”, in relation to any country or territory outside Singapore, means the regulatory body or its authorised agency in that country or territory having the function of regulating the practice of surveying and registering or licensing persons in connection with the practice of surveying in that country or territory;“foreign land surveyor”, in relation to a country or territory outside Singapore, means any person who is permitted to practise as a land surveyor in that country or territory under the law of that country or territory;”;
after the definition of “manager”, insert —“ “mutual recognition arrangement” means —
a bilateral agreement or arrangement between Singapore and any other country or territory;
a bilateral agreement or arrangement between the Board and a foreign competent authority of any other country or territory;
a multilateral agreement or arrangement between Singapore and 2 or more other countries or territories; or
a multilateral agreement or arrangement between the Board and the foreign competent authorities of 2 or more other countries or territories,for the mutual recognition of —
registered surveyors, and the survey work that may be performed by registered surveyors, in each such country or territory; and
foreign land surveyors of each such country or territory, and the survey work that may be performed by registered foreign surveyors of each such country or territory, in Singapore;”;
after the definition of “president”, insert —“ “register of foreign surveyors” means the annual register of foreign land surveyors kept by the Board under section 9(1)(aa);”;
in the definition of “register of surveyors”, replace “the register of surveyors” with “the register of land surveyors”; and
after the definition of “register of surveyors”, insert —“ “registered foreign surveyor” means a person registered as a foreign land surveyor under section 12A;”.