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  • 329 (1) On receipt of the copy of the order for a special survey, the proper officer must give to the registered owner of each parcel comprised within the limits of the survey, and to each registered holder of a charge on it, a notice in writing stating the following:
  • (a) that the order has been made by the minister for a special survey of the land affected, describing it as in the order;
  • (b) the name of the registered owner of the parcel covered by the notice, and that the parcel is located within the area to be specially surveyed, and that the boundaries of the parcel will be determined by the survey;
  • (c) the description of the parcel covered by the notice;
  • (d) the name and address of the surveyor directed to make the survey;
  • (e) that any information in the possession of the person to whom the notice is given with regard to previous surveys or monuments in the area affected by the order should be given to the surveyor.
  • (2) The notice under subsection (1) may be given
  • (a) by personal service on the person to whom it is directed,
  • (b) by mailing it by letter post, postage prepaid and registered, addressed to the person to whom it is directed at the person’s address as shown on any instrument or record by which the person is registered as owner of the parcel affected, or as holder of a charge on it, or at the person’s address as last known to the official by whom the notice is given, or
  • (c) under any direction which may be given by the registrar for the substituted or other service of the notice by any method of service which the registrar is authorized to direct in respect of notices required to be given under this Act.
  • (3) The proper officer must keep a record of all notices given by the officer under this section by entering in a list the name of the registered owner of each parcel comprised within the limits of the survey, and showing opposite each name the names of the persons to whom notice was given in respect of that parcel and the date and method of service of each notice and, on the completion of giving the notices, the proper officer must transmit to the minister a certified copy of the record kept.
  • (4) The registrar, on the request of the proper officer, must provide the names of the registered owners of the land affected by the special survey and any other information required, and the registrar must charge fees the registrar sets in each case on the basis of a reasonable return to the land title office for the cost of providing the information.

1979-219-329; 2003-66-35; 2004-66-76, effective January 20, 2005 (B.C. Reg. 16/2005).