The duties of Council are enumerated in section 4 of the Enabling Act. They include
- To determine who are surveyors for the purpose of the act
- To determine what standard of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as members of the profession of surveying
- To secure the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practise the professio
- Regulating and controlling the practice of the profession in all its ramifications
- Maintaining discipline within the profession
- Performing the other functions conferred upon the Council by the Act