451-203 Land Law and Management 1

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

451-101 Geomatics Science 1S or both of 451-121 Geomatics Science 1C and 451-122 Geomatics Science 1D

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to present legal aspects of land, boundaries and special statute which relate to the practice of surveying in Victoria.

Law of Property in Land. Reception of English law into Australia. Real and personal property. Land tenure and its history. Estates in land: freehold and leasehold. Licences. Interests of other persons: easements and profits. Qualifications of the rights of ownership: planning legislation; invalid conditions. Land as a security: mortgages. Transfer of land: the common law and the Transfer of Land Act. The extinction of interests in land: adverse possession. Legal persons, corporations and partnerships. Law Relating to Surveying. History of Victorian survey law. Introduction to current survey law: Surveyors Act 1978 and regulations; Survey Co-ordination Act 1958 and regulations. Introduction to relevant provisions of the Land Act 1958, Property Law Act 1958 and the Fences Act 1968.

Assessment

Not more than three hours of written examinations and tests and not more than the equivalent of 20 pages of written assignments. The relative weighting of the assessment components will be published at the commencement of the subject