Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588:reg:6:p15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 15/28)
Character Range: 190659–193393

(v) a pulmonary barotrauma;
 (vi) a case of omitted decompression;
 (vii) an occurrence for which a 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; and
 (d) if there is no operator of a facility in connection with a diving project—to report to NOPSEMA and the relevant titleholder in relation to the facility, during the operation, any of 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.
 (2) A diving supervisor commits an offence if the diving supervisor fails to carry out a duty imposed on the diving supervisor by subsection (1).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (3) When supervising a diving operation, a diving supervisor may give such reasonable directions to any person taking part in the diving operation as are necessary to enable the diving supervisor to comply with subparagraph (1)(a)(i).
 (4) A diving supervisor commits an offence if the diving supervisor dives while the diving supervisor is on duty as a diving supervisor.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: Section 10.3 of the Criminal Code provides a defence of sudden or extraordinary emergency.
 (5) A diving supervisor for a diving operation commits an offence if the diving supervisor does not advise each person who takes part in the diving operation of any instruction relating to the diving project plan for the diving operation that applies to the person.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (6) In this section:
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.
Note 1: If the diving operation is at a place other than a facility, State or Northern Territory laws, as applied by section 80 of the Act, may require the reporting of accidents and incidents.
Note 2: Section 4.27 requires a diving supervisor to maintain a diving operations record.

Part 8—Start‑up notices

4.24  Start‑up notice
  In this Part:
start‑up notice, for a diving project, means a written notice, signed by or for the person giving it, dated and containing the following information:
 (a) the name, address and telephone number of the