Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.29

3.29 .         Construction diving work to be in accordance with Standard

        (1)         In this regulation —

        construction diving work means any construction work in which diving is done using either surface supplied breathing apparatus or self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, and includes the work done by the persons who give direct support to the diver.

        (2)         If, at a workplace, a person is to do construction diving work the person’s employer or the self-employed person, as the case may be, must ensure that —

            (a)         each person to do the work is qualified in accordance with AS/NZS 2299; and

            (b)         the work is done in accordance with the relevant requirements of AS/NZS 2299.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        (3)         A person who does construction diving work must, when in the water, use compressed air to breathe in accordance with the requirements of AS/NZS 2299.

        Penalty for a person who commits the offence as an employee: the regulation 1.15 penalty.

        Penalty in any other case:

            (a)         for a first offence, $25 000; and

            (b)         for a subsequent offence, $31 250.

        [Regulation 3.29 amended in Gazette 10 Jan 2003 p. 63; 14 Dec 2004 p. 6017 and 6018.]