### Land Survey Ordinance 《土地測量條例》

10. The Registrar
(1) The Authority shall appoint a public officer to be the Registrar of Authorized Land Surveyors.
(2) The Registrar shall—
(a) be responsible for the custody of the register;
(b) serve as the secretary to the Committee; and
(c) do such other things as directed by the committee or ordered by a Disciplinary Board.

11. Form of register
(1) The Registrar shall, in accordance with the directions of the Committee, keep the register in which he shall enter in respect of each authorized land surveyor—
(a) the name and address of the authorized land surveyor;
(b) the qualification and experience on which his registration is based; and
(c) any other details that the Committee may direct.
(2) The register shall be available to any person for inspection free of charge at the office of the Lands Department at such reasonable times as the Committee may direct.
(3) An authorized land surveyor shall within 28 days notify the Registrar of any change in his particulars prescribed in subsection (1).
(4) The Committee shall not charge a fee to amend the register.
(5) The Authority shall publish in the Gazette—
(a) annually the names of the persons included in the register; and
(b) from time to time the additions and removals of the names of persons to and from the register.

12. Qualifications for registration
The Committee shall not register a person as an authorized land surveyor unless it is satisfied that—
(a) he—
(i) is, under the constitution of the Institute, a corporate member of the Institute (under the Land Surveying Division); or
(ii) is a member of a land surveying institute, association or organization the membership of which is recognized by the Committee as being of a standard not lower than that of the corporate membership of the Institute (under the Land Surveying Division) and he has satisfied the Committee as to his competency by passing a professional examination recognized by the Committee;
(b) he has, after he has obtained the membership described in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) and before the date of his application for registration, had 1 year land boundary survey experience in Hong Kong acceptable to the Committee;
(c) there is no order of a Disciplinary Board made under section 25(1)(a) or (b) against him which is still in force; and
(d) he is otherwise a fit and proper person to be registered.

### Land Survey Ordinance 《土地測量條例》

13. Application for registration
(1) A person who wishes to be registered shall apply to the Registrar in the specified form.
(2) The application referred to in subsection (1) shall be accompanied by—
(a) such documents that prove the applicant’s professional qualification prescribed in section 12(a);
(b) evidence that such qualification is still valid; and
(c) evidence that the applicant has had 1 year of land boundary survey experience in Hong Kong.
(3) An applicant shall pay to the Registrar the prescribed fee for registration at the time of lodging his application.
(4) The Committee may make further inquiries and may require further information from the applicant.

14. Expiry of registration and renewal
(1) The registration of a person—
(a) is in force beginning on the date of entry of his name in the register and ending on 31 December next following the date of entry;
(b) may be renewed annually by application of the person so registered subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for renewal of registration.
(2) An authorized land surveyor shall apply to the Registrar for renewal of registration in the specified form not earlier than 3 months before the expiry of his current registration.
(3) An authorized land surveyor shall pay to the Registrar the prescribed fee for renewal of registration at the time of applying for renewal of registration.
(4) The registration of an authorized land surveyor renewed under this section in relation to a particular year is in force beginning on 1 January of that year and ending on 31 December of that year.
(5) Where an authorized land surveyor does not apply for renewal of registration before the expiry of his current registration, the Registrar shall, on the expiry of the registration, note in the register that the registration is not in force on the ground that it has not been renewed.
(6) The Committee may reject an application for renewal of registration if it is satisfied that the applicant does not continue to have the qualification for registration set out in section 12(a).

### Land Survey Ordinance 《土地測量條例》

15. Removal of name from the register
(1) The Registrar shall remove the name of an authorized land surveyor from the register if the authorized land surveyor has—
(a) died;
(b) applied to discontinue his registration;
(c) had his application for renewal of registration rejected by the Committee; or
(d) had his name ordered to be removed from the register by the Court of Final Appeal, the Court of Appeal or a Disciplinary Board whether permanently or for any period. (Amended 10 of 2005 s. 105)
(2) The Registrar may remove the name of an authorized land surveyor from the register if the authorized land surveyor has—
(a) failed to apply for renewal of his registration within 3 months from the expiry of his registration; or
(b) ceased to hold a qualification by virtue of which he was registered.
(3) If the name of an authorized land surveyor is removed from the register, his registration is cancelled with effect from the date of such removal except that—
(a) where his name is removed under subsection (2)(a), his registration shall be deemed to have been cancelled after the date of expiry of his last registration; or
(b) where his name is removed under subsection (1)(d), his registration shall be deemed to have been cancelled from the date of the order.
(4) Neither the Committee nor the Registrar is liable to refund to a person any fee, or any part of any fee, on the removal of his name from the register.
(5) The Registrar may correct any error apparent on the face of the register.

### Land Survey Ordinance 《土地測量條例》

16. Reinstatement of name after removal
(1) Subject to subsection (5), where the name of a person was removed from the register under section 15(2)(a), the Committee may reinstate the name of that person in the register upon his application to the Registrar in the specified form and upon the payment to the Registrar of the prescribed fee for renewal of registration payable for that year.
(2) Where the name of a person is reinstated under subsection (1), his registration is renewed and is in force beginning on the date of reinstatement and ending on 31 December next following the date of reinstatement.
(3) Where the name of a person was removed from the register pursuant to an order of a Disciplinary Board to remove his name, the Committee shall reinstate his name upon the reversal of that order by the Court of Final Appeal or the Court of Appeal subject to the payment by him of the prescribed fee for renewal of registration payable for that year (if any), and upon such reinstatement his registration is renewed and is in force beginning on the date of reinstatement and ending on 31 December next following the date of reinstatement. (Amended 10 of 2005 s. 106)
(4) Where the name of a person was removed from the register pursuant to an order of a Disciplinary Board to remove his name from the register for a period of time, the Committee shall reinstate his name after the expiry of that period subject to payment by him of the prescribed fee for renewal of registration payable for that year (if any), and upon such reinstatement his registration is renewed and is in force beginning on the date of reinstatement and ending on 31 December next following the date of reinstatement.
(5) Where the name of a person was removed from the register under section 15(2)(a), the Committee may refuse his application for reinstatement of his name in the register and require him to reapply for registration.

17. Acceptance or refusal of registration, renewal and reinstatement
(1) The Committee may accept or reject an application for registration, renewal of registration or reinstatement of name in the register and shall inform the applicant of its decision within 30 days of making the decision.
(2) Where the Committee rejects an application for registration, renewal of registration or reinstatement of name in the register, it shall give reasons for the rejection.
(3) Where the Committee accepts an application for registration, it shall direct the Registrar to enter the name of the applicant in the register.