Geomatics Profession Act, 2013 (Act No. 19 of 2013)

Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct in terms of Section 19(1) of the Geomatics Profession Act 19, 2013

1. Definitions

Purchase

(1)	In this Code, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"allied professionals"

means any person registered in terms of

(a)	Section 18(1)(a) of the Architectural Profession Act, 44 of 2000, or

(b)	Section 18(1)(a) of the Engineering Profession Act, 46 of 2000, or

(c)	Section 18(1)(a) of the Landscape Architectural Profession Act, 45 of 2000, or

(d)	Section 13(1)(b) or section 13(1)(c) of the Planning Profession Act, 36 of 2002, or

(e)	Section 18(1)(a) of the Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 49 of 2000.

or any other person registered in terms of any other Act of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa and accepted by Council in consultation with the Minister to be an allied profession, provided that such acceptance shall be published by notice in the Government Gazette.

"Council"

means the South African Geomatics Council established in terms of section 3(1) of the Act;

"document"

shall include any plan, report, letter, opinion or certificate, whether required in terms of other legislation or not, which is produced in the course of a member's professional duties;

"environment"

means environment as defined in section 1 of National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998;

"geomatics equipment"

means anything used in the carrying on of the work of the geomatics profession and includes any instrument, machine, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, computer programme or any system;

"geomatics practice"

means a

(a)	sole proprietorship owned by a member practicing in the business of the geomatics profession, or

(b)	a partnership, in which the partners include at least one member engaged in the business of the geomatics profession on behalf of the partnership, and may include allied professionals, provided that Council has agreed in writing to the inclusion of any allied professional in the partnership, or

(c)	a company as contemplated in section 17(1) of the Act;

"information"

includes drawings, designs, records, reports, specifications, calculations, contractual documents, as -built records or plans and any other documents, including electronic data, that form part of any of the records relating to the geomatics profession work carried out by a member of geomatics practice;

"member"

means a geomatics practitioner as defined in section 1 of the Act;

"the Act"

means the Geomatics Profession Act, 19 of 2013.

(2)	In this Code, any word or expression derived from a word or expression defined in subsection (1) has a corresponding meaning unless the context indicates that another meaning is intended.