Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) For the purposes
of regulation 31(5) or (6) a medical certificate is to satisfy the
requirements of subregulation (2) or (3).
(2) A medical
certificate in relation to a diver —
(a) is
to certify that, at the time it was given, the diver was fit to dive in
accordance with the fitness requirements in AS/NZS 2299; and
(b) is
to be not more than one year old; and
(c) is
to be given by a medical practitioner who —
(i)
is accredited by the South Pacific Underwater Medicine
Society, the Health and Safety Executive of the United Kingdom or the
Underwater Hyperbaric Medicine Society; or
(ii)
has completed an appropriate course of training conducted
by the Royal Australian Navy or the Royal Adelaide Hospital; or
(iii)
has been approved under the Australian Diver
Accreditation Scheme;
and
(d) is
to be given after the medical practitioner examined the diver in accordance
with the Schedule of Minimum Examination Requirements in AS/NZS 2299; and
(e) is
to be —
(i)
entered by the medical practitioner in the diver’s
log book immediately after the examination; or
(ii)
if comprising a separate document, attached by the
medical practitioner to the diver’s log book immediately after the
examination.
(3) A medical
certificate in relation to a diver is to be a medical certificate that has
effect in the United Kingdom under any law of the United Kingdom relating to
the medical fitness of persons employed as divers.