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The next law examination date is the 6th of November 2006. Please contact Joan Vermaak to confirm that you are writing.
Information regarding the Law Exams for Professional Registration
The first paper will consist of questions on the Professional and Technical Surveyors Act [40 of 1984] and Rules. A pass mark of 65% is required for this paper.
- S A Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors Act, 1984 (Act No. 40 of 1984) as amended (PLATO Act) - in whole.
- Rules in terms of Act No. 40 of 1984, as amended (PLATO Rules) - in whole
The second paper will consist of questions on legislation related to GISc. A pass mark of 65% is required for this paper.
- Spatial Data Infrastructure Act (Act No 54 of 2003)
- Copyright Act (Act 98 of 1978), as amended
- Legal Deposit Act (Act No 54 of 1997)
- National Archives Act of SA (Act No 43 of 1996)
- Promotion of Access to Information Act (Act 2 of 2000)
- SA Geographical Names Council Act (Act No 118 of 1998), as amended
- Policies and standards w.r.t spatial information that the Committee on spatial Information may approve (e.g. a data pricing policy, information flow policy , metadata standard, etc.)
APPLICABLE LEGISLATION FOR LAW EXAM IN THE GISc CATEGORY
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS FROM LAW EXAMS
The legislation can be obtained from:
Butterworths Professional Publishers
P O Box 4, Mayville
4058.
Contact tel. No's:
Johannesburg 011-784-8009
Durban 031-2683111
Cape Town 021-5558900
N.B. Most of the relevant legislation can be down-loaded from the Internet Web-site http://www.polity.org.za/govdocs/legislation
or the following links:
Download the Plato act from: http://www.plato.org.za/pdf/40of84.pdf
Download the Plato rules from: http://www.plato.org.za/html/chapter_1.htm Follow the links to all chapters.
Spatial data infrastructure act: http://www.polity.org.za/pdf/SpatDatInfraA54.pdf
Copyright Act: http://www.legalnet.co.za/cyberlaw/CopyrightAct.htm
Copyright Act ammendment: http://www.info.gov.za/gazette/acts/2002/a9-02.pdf
Legal Deposit Act: http://www.dac.gov.za/legislation_policies/acts.htm
National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (No 43 of 1996 as amended) : http://www.dac.gov.za/legislation_policies/acts.htm
Promotion of Access to Information Act (Act 2 of 2000): http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/legislation/2000/act2.pdf
SA Geographical Names Council Act (Act No 118 of 1998), as amended: http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/legislation/1998/act118.pdf
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