Land Surveyors (General) (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (No. 13) nom
Land surveyors now pay US$350 to register and US$350 a year, surveyors-in-training and technicians US$200, and anyone deregistered for unpaid annual fees pays double to get back on the roll.
The Council of Land Surveyors, with the approval of the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, has replaced the whole fee schedule in the Land Surveyors (General) Rules, 1990 (S.I. 96 of 1990).
Registration fees are now US$350 for a Land Surveyor, US$50 for a non-practising Land Surveyor, and US$200 each for a Land Surveyor-in-Training and a Land Surveyor Technician. A Land Surveyor-in-Training moving up to registration as a Land Surveyor pays a reduced US$175.
Annual fees, payable on or before 1 January each year, mirror the registration fees: US$350, US$50, US$200 and US$200 for the same four categories.
There is a pro-rata rule and a penalty rule. Anyone registering for the first time after 30 June in a year pays half the annual fee for the expired part of that year — US$175, US$25, US$100 and US$100 respectively. And anyone deregistered for non-payment of annual fees pays double the current fee to re-register, so a lapsed Land Surveyor faces US$700.
A footnote says the fees may be payable in Zimbabwe dollars at the prevailing interbank rate. The rules also repeal the Land Surveyors (General) (Amendment) Rules, 2022 (No. 12), published in S.I. 74 of 2022, so this schedule replaces the 2022 fees. No commencement date is stated; the rules were gazetted on 5 April 2024.
What changed
- Registration fee for a Land Surveyor set at US$350; non-practising US$50; surveyor-in-training and technician US$200 each
- A Land Surveyor-in-Training registering as a Land Surveyor pays US$175
- Annual fees payable by 1 January set at US$350, US$50, US$200 and US$200 respectively
- First registration after 30 June attracts half the annual fee for the remainder of the year
- Re-registration after deregistration for unpaid annual fees costs double the current fee
- Fees may be paid in Zimbabwe dollars at the prevailing interbank rate
- The 2022 fee rules (S.I. 74 of 2022) are repealed
Who this affects
- registered land surveyors in private practice
- land surveyors-in-training and land surveyor technicians
- non-practising land surveyors keeping registration alive
- surveying firms budgeting annual professional fees
- the Council of Land Surveyors
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