ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Survey Act
7. Establishment of Board
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
7. Establishment of Board
(1)There shall be a Board, to be known as the Land Surveyors’ Board, which shall consist of—(a)the Director, who shall be Chairperson of the Board;(b)seven surveyors employed in the public service being licensed surveyors or holders of an East African Land Survey Certificate and who are full members of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (Chapter of Land Surveyors) appointed from time to time by the Cabinet Secretary as follows—(i)two of them on the advice of the Principal Secretary to the Ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to land survey;(ii)four of them on the advice of each of the Principal Secretaries of the Ministries for the time being responsible for transport, local government, forestry and housing; and(iii)one of them on the advice of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi;(c)four licensed surveyors in private practice elected by licensed members of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (Chapter of Land Surveyors) who shall hold office for two years and shall be eligible for re-election:Provided that of the four surveyors so elected two shall retire at the end of one year from the date on which they were elected and the order of retirement shall in default of agreement with them, be determined by lot.(2)The Board may, from time to time, elect one of its members to be deputy Chairperson, who shall, in the absence or inability to act of the Chairperson, perform the duties of the Chairperson.(3)Subject to this Act, and to any special or general directions by the Cabinet Secretary, the Board shall regulate its own procedure.
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