Commentaries: Art. 46

For twelve years from the date on which this Act comes into force, the Federal Council may declare deviations from the fees defined in Article 15 paragraph 3.
It determines the time schedule for the introduction of the Cadastre of public-law restrictions on landownership.
Anyone who on the date on which this Act comes into force is permitted under federal law to carry out independent (self employed) work within Cadastral Surveying shall retain the right to do so. The Federal Council shall issue regulations for the transitional period until such time as the survey engineers are registered in the Register of Licensed Land Surveyors.
The cantons shall adapt their legislation on geoinformation within three years of the date on which this Act comes into force. During a transitional period determined by the Federal Council, the cantons must adapt the official geodata under federal legislation to the quality and technical requirements within the meaning of Articles 5 and 6 only if:
1. this is a mandatory requirement of international law or federal law;
2. the legal basis for data concerned is created on or after the coming into force of this Act;
3. they are collecting the data from scratch;
4. they are making data management subject to new technical or organisational principles (database, hardware, software) that eliminate the obstacles to making the adaptation.