Assessment - The assessment of the survey content of plans in accordance with the relevant standards defined under the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 and the Land Title Act 1994.

Accreditation - Formal recognition by the Department that a surveyor produces surveys of a high standard, that is, a standard which satisfies the quality requirements of plans lodged with the Department.

ATS - The Automated Titles System is the electronic register of interests in land.

CISP - The Computer Inventory of Survey Plans is a computerised database and index to survey plans.

Critical Errors - Critical Errors are defined as those which would:

• prevent the action from proceeding;
• have a significant impact on the integrity of the Land Registry; or
• have a significant impact on the integrity of the land boundary system.

Department - The department responsible for administering the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 - at the time of writing, the Department of Natural Resources and Water.

Deposited Plan or DP - A copy of an endorsed plan that has been submitted to the Department in accordance with Section 9 Deposited Endorsed Plan, Page 3.

Endorsed Survey Plan - A survey plan that has been noted as "Passed & Endorsed" in Section 11 (Form 21 Version 2) on the reverse of the plan by an Accredited Surveyor or by the Department.

JTS - The departmental Job Tracking System incorporated in the Management Information System (MIS).

LI - Land Information - the business unit responsible for management of the survey plan and field note archive.

Liaison Officer - A person appointed by a corporation registered as a Surveyor, where the corporation is an Accredited Surveyor, whose role is to co-ordinate with the Department on matters relating to the processing of endorsed plans.

Lodged Plan - A Lodged Plan is defined as a plan that has been submitted to the Department for registration under an act, such as the Land Title Act 1994, Land Act 1994, Building Units and Group Title Act 1980, Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997, etc.

Plan - A record of a cadastral survey prepared on Form 21 (Land Title Regulations 1994).

Pre-Lodgement Advice - The provision of written advice, charged on a fee-for-service basis, which would allow plans to proceed towards registration.

Redundant Catalogue or RC - A plan, other than an identification survey plan, that has been submitted to the Department for the purpose of satisfying Section 16 of the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003.

Selective Quality Sampling (SQS) - The act of assessing a sample of plans from an individual surveyor. The frequency of sampling will be determined by:

• accreditation status of the surveyor;
• performance of the surveyor; and
• local characteristics of the cadastre.

The sampling rate will reflect the principle that critical errors should not occur in the Register.

Senior Surveyor - Senior Surveyors or senior surveying operatives of the Department.

Survey Assessor - An officer of the Department who undertakes processing of plans deposited with the Department.