Pursuant to Land Surveyors Regulations made under subsection 12(1) of the Land Surveyors Act S.N.S. 2010, c. 38 O.I.C. 2013-337 (September 10, 2013), N.S. Reg. 308/2013 as amended by O.I.C.
2014-58 (February 25, 2014), N.S. Reg. 32/2014), the Association must grant any applicant for registration the right to an appeal.
Please refer to
Procedure for Appeal to the ANSLS Registration Appeal Committee.
There are three requirements for registration when a candidate may
initiate an appeal.
These relate to articles, examinations and
the student project.
The specific information related to each of
the above is summarized below.
The following documents provide
additional information
on the internal review process:
Internal reviews of registration decisions
Summary of the Internal Review Process
Appeals Process - Articles
An individual whose articles are refused by the
Board, within 30 days of receiving a written notice of
refusal and the reasons for it,
may
send a written request for an
appeal to the Executive Director.
The request should set out the
reasons , in the individual’s opinion,
why
the articles should be
approved.
The Council must, within 30 days after receipt of a
request, forward the matter to the Registration Appeals
Committee for a review of the articles.
Please refer to the
Registration Appeal Committee Terms of Reference.
An individual who requests a review must be notified in writing by the Association of the date, place, and time that the Registration Appeals Committee will review the
articles and is entitled to appear and make representations to the Council when it reviews the articles. The date for the review will be no later than 60 days after the date upon which
the Committee received the request from Council.
Please refer to additional information regarding
articles.
Appeal Process - Examinations
Final marks are sent in writing to the candidates within 30 days from the day the candidate wrote the exam.
The candidates then have 30 days from the time of receiving the results to request an appeal.
Each appeal is sent to the Executive Director who notifies the Registration Appeal
Committee, the members of which were not on the original Board sub-group who scored the exam.
These Registration Appeal Committee members will independently mark the exams using the provided answer key.
The Chair of the Registration Appeal Committee will be designated as
the Lead Marker.
Once the appeal is marked, the results are provided to a lead marker who is responsible for compiling the marks into a spreadsheet.
The final mark of the exam will be determined as follows:
• If both markers grade the exam less than 70%, the final mark is the average from the two markers.
• If both markers grade the exam at 70% or greater, the final mark is the average from the two markers.
• If one marker passes the exam and one fails the exam, the lead marker will independently mark the exam.
The exam passes if two out of three markers pass the exam and the average mark of the three markers is 70% or greater. Once the appeal period is over, the ANSLS Executive Director sends
all the candidates who fail a breakdown of their marks within 30 days.
Appeal Process – Survey Project
After completion of any of the three reviews the
Candidate can, within 30 days, appeal the decision(s) of the
special examiners.
At this point the process will cease and the
Executive Director will notify the Registration Appeal
Committee, the members of which were not involved in the
original decisions.
Within 60 days of notification, the
Registration Appeal Committee members will review the entire
project up to the disputed point in the review.
The Registration
Appeal Committee will follow the same review process as the
original examiners and rate the disputed aspects of the Survey
Project.
The Registration Appeal Committee can:
(a) Agree with the
disputed ratings of the original examiners and order the process
to continue.
(b)
If there are further disputes with the original
examiners ratings after the process continues the same
Registration Appeal Committee will review the Survey Project
from that point in the process. The Registration Appeal
Committee will either agree or disagree with the original
examiners with the same results as above. All decisions of the Registration Appeal
Committee, at any point in the review process, are final.
Please refer to additional information regarding
Survey Project Rating Sheet
Survey Project Evaluation Guide
Disposition by Registration Appeal Committee
The Registration Appeal Committee must do 1 of
the following upon completion of the registration appeal
process:
1)
(a) confirm the original
decision of the Board;
(b) vary the original decision of the Board;
(c) dismiss the original decision of the
Board.
2)
The Registration Appeal Committee must give its
decision, with reasons, in writing within 30 days.
3)
(a) the appellant, by
registered mail or personal service;
(b) the Association, by regular mail or
personal service.