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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (DIVING SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 27

27 .         Duties of diving supervisors

        (1)         A diving supervisor for a diving operation that is part of a diving project must —

            (a)         ensure that the diving operation is carried out —

                  (i)         in accordance with the accepted DSMS for the project; and

                  (ii)         in accordance with the applicable diving project plan;

                and

            (b)         countersign entries about the operation in divers’ log books; and

            (c)         if there is an operator in relation to a diving project, report to the operator, during the operation, the following —

                  (i)         the death of, or serious personal injury to, a person;

                  (ii)         the incapacitation of a person that prevents the person from performing work for 3 or more days;

                  (iii)         an event that could reasonably have led to a consequence of the type mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii);

                  (iv)         a decompression illness;

                  (v)         a pulmonary barotrauma;

                  (vi)         a case of omitted decompression;

                  (vii)         an occurrence for which the standby diver is deployed for an emergency, except for the purposes of training, exercises or drills;

                  (viii)         a failure of life support equipment or man riding equipment.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 200.

        (2)         In subregulation (1)(c)(viii) —

        man riding equipment includes any of the following —

            (a)         an air stage;

            (b)         a wet bell;

            (c)         a closed bell;

            (d)         a guide wire system.

        (3)         A diving supervisor must not engage in diving while he or she is on duty as diving supervisor.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 200.

        (4)         A diving supervisor for a diving operation that is part of a diving project must give each person who takes part in the operation the instructions that the person is required to be given under the applicable diving project plan.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 200.



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