Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A surveyor, surveying associate or surveying graduate must comply with each relevant survey standard in carrying out a survey, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(2) If a person contravenes subsection (1)—
(a) the chief executive may refer the matter to the surveyors board; or
(b) for a contravention by a surveyor—
(i) the chief executive, instead of acting under paragraph (a), may take action under division 5; or
(ii) the registrar of titles may take action under division 5.
(3) However, this section does not apply to a person to the extent the person is exempted from complying with a survey standard under division 2.
(4) In this section—
relevant survey standard, for a survey, means a survey standard applying to—
(a) the area in which the survey is being carried out; and
(b) the type of survey being carried out.