Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) For the purposes
of section 26(2)(a) of the Act, the holding by the holder of a pearl
diver’s licence of a current certificate from a medical practitioner to
the effect that —
(a) the
medical practitioner has examined that holder in accordance with Australian
Standard 2299 entitled “Underwater air breathing operations”; and
(b) in
the opinion of the medical practitioner, that holder is fit to work as a
professional diver using a diving apparatus involving the use of compressed
air for 12 months from the date of that certificate,
while diving is a
requirement prescribed in respect of that holder.
(2) That part of the
Australian Standard referred to in subregulation (1)(a) which provides
that medical examinations for commercial divers are to be carried out at 6
monthly intervals does not apply in respect of examinations carried out for
the purposes of this regulation in accordance with that Australian Standard.
(3) In
subregulation (1) —
current certificate means certificate the date of
which is not more than 12 months prior to the date of the diving referred
to in that subregulation;
medical practitioner means person referred to in
paragraph (a) of the definition of “medical practitioner” in
section 3(1) of the Medical Act 1894 .