For all survey's completed in accordance with the Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2017, please refer to this page.
The survey certificate is provided as Form 1 of Schedule 8 Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2024. The certificate must be completed by a registered land surveyor to certify that the land was surveyed or compiled in accordance with the Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2024.
The guidelines below equally apply to the interactive forms that are available on the NSW LRS website, except that the interactive forms will automatically delete the non-applicable options once the applicable item has been selected, negating the requirement for them to be struck through.
The survey certificate can be created using the Digital Form Builder through NSW LRS Connect or included on Plan form 6. The certificate should be completed as follows:
- after “I,” insert the surveyor’s full name
If the plan is for a full survey:
If the plan is for a partial survey:
If the plan is a compiled plan
strike through parts (a) and (b).In “Datum line-“If the plan is a full survey plan or partial survey plan, insert the distinguishing characters which identify the terminals of the datum line on the plan.
In “Type” indicate whether the land is “Urban” or “Rural” by striking through the inapplicable word.
If the plan is a partial survey plan, insert the relevant maximum length of misclose vector (see the table in section 26(3)(b)) for “Tolerance required under the Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2024, section 26(3)” .
Sign the certificate and insert the date it was signed.
The address of the surveyor and name of their firm must be completed
Insert the Surveyor ID as provided by the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information of NSW.
Surveys not requiring strict accuracy (Form 3)
If the survey is made in accordance with section 46 Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2024, the Survey Certificate on Plan form 6 should be struck through and a certificate as provided by Form 3 of Schedule 8 Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2024 should be endorsed on another page of the Administration Sheets. The certificate should be completed, signed and dated.
Certificate of Currency
Clause 31 Conveyancing (General) Regulation 2018 provides that a plan of survey cannot be lodged more than 2 years after the date of completion of the survey as shown in the survey certificate, unless the plan is accompanied by a Certificate of Currency. A Certificate of Currency can be generated through the Digital Form builder on the NSW LRS Connect portal, or else may be provided on Plan Form 6 CC. This form should be printed, completed by the registered surveyor and added as a sheet of the Administration Sheets.
Any Certificate of Currency signed more than 2 years before the date of lodgment of the plan will not be accepted and will require a new Certificate of Currency notifying that the requirements of Clause 31 have been met.
There may be circumstances where a surveyor cannot attest to item (b) in the Certificate of Currency. In this case, NSW LRS will allow an exemption to this requirement only if the Surveyor General has first approved the exemption and the approval is lodged with the plan. Applications to the Surveyor General, together with evidence to support why the requirement cannot be satisfied, should be made at Spatial Services.
The Certificate of Currency will apply to all deposited plans of survey, excluding survey information only plans, strata plans and compiled plans.
All NSW legislation can be accessed at www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/
Publication Date: March 2025