1 Definitions
(a) "Alberta land surveyor" m eans an individual who holds a
certificate of registration and an annual certificate to engage
in the practice of surveying under this Act;
(b) "Association" means the Alberta Land Surveyors'
Association;
(c) "Board" means the Practice Review Board established by
this Act;
(d) "Council" means the Council of the Association;
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(e) "Court" means the Co urt of King's Bench;
(f) "Discipline Committee" m eans the Discipline Committee
established by this Act;
(g) "member of the publi c" means a person who is
(i) a Canadian citizen or who is lawfully admitted to
Canada for permanent residence,
(ii) resident in Alberta, and
(iii) not a member of the Association;
(h) "Minister" means the Minist er determined under section 16
of the Government Organization Act as the Minister
responsible for this Act;
(i) "practice of lan d surveying" means
(i) the survey of land to determine or establish boundaries;
(ii) the survey of land to d etermine or establish the
boundaries of any right or interest in land or in air space;
(iii) the survey of air space to determine or establish
boundaries;
(iv) the survey of land to determine the location of anything
relative to a boundary for the purpose of certifying the
location of the thing;
(v) the survey of lakes, rivers or watercourses to establish o r
determine their boundaries;
(vi) the survey by any means, including photogrammetric,
electronic or astronomic methods, of land, water or air
space for the purpose of preparing maps, plans and
documents connected in any way with the establishment
or determination of boundaries delineating any right or
interest in land, water or air space;
(vii) cadastral operations and compiling and recording
information related to the matters specified in subclauses
(i) to (vi);
(viii) establishing and maintaining a network of geodetic
points of any order of precision and establishing
photogrammetric controls for the purposes of the work
specified in subclauses (i) to (v),
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including the preparation of maps, plans and documents and
the giving of advice with respect to any of the matters
specified in this clause;
(j) "practice of surveying" means
(i) the determination, establishment or recording by any
means of the positions of points, natural features or
features made by persons on, over or under the surface
of the earth,
(ii) the determination of the form of the earth,
(iii) the practice of land surveying,
and includes the preparatio n of maps, plans, systems and
documents and the giving of advice with respect to any of
the matters referred to in this clause;
(k) "practitioner" means an Alber ta land surveyor, surveyor's
corporation or surveyor's partnership;
(l) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 10 ;
(m) "surveyor's corporation" means a corporation that holds a
permit to engage in the practice of surveying under this Act;
(n) "surveyor's partnership" means a partnership that holds a
permit to engage in the practice of surveying under this Act.
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