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General Survey Instruction Rules

The General Survey Instruction Rules Version 2 was approved by Order of the Surveyor General dated June 5, 2008 under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act. The previous version and all of the amendments thereto, along with a renumbering of the rules, have been consolidated into Version 2 and available to the membership at the following link.

General Survey Instruction Rules V2.2 July 2009

Survey Rules Committee Policy: This document outlines the process for accepting, reviewing and processing changes to the General Survey Instruction Rules. (This policy was revised October 27, 2006)

General Survey Instruction Rule Changes since the posting of V2.2 July 2009
Survey Rule Change SR8-09 – Rule 6-11 – Linear oil and gas rights of way
Survey Rule Change SR3-06 – Rule I-2 – Duties of a British Columbia Land Surveyor
Survey Rule Change SR3-10 – Rules 3-4(2)(f) & 13-2(b) – Statement by Surveyor

Note: The following specimen plans referred to in the General Survey Instruction Rules are provided separately below in PDF format for viewing and printing.

Specimen Plan #1 – Land Act Survey Plan

Specimen Plan #2 – Land Act Survey Plan

Specimen Plan #3 – Mineral Tenure Act Survey Plan

Specimen Plan #4 – Mineral Tenure Act Survey Plan

Specimen Plan #5 – Petroleum & Natural Gas Act Survey Plan

Specimen Plan #6 – Petroleum & Natural Gas Act Survey Plan