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1.3  Authority
  This instrument is made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

1.4  Objects
 (1) An object of this instrument is to ensure that facilities are designed, constructed, installed, operated, modified and decommissioned in Commonwealth waters only in accordance with safety cases that have been accepted by NOPSEMA.
 (2) An object of this instrument is to ensure that safety cases for facilities make provision for the following matters in relation to the health and safety of persons at or near the facilities:
 (a) the identification of hazards, and assessment of risks;
 (b) the implementation of measures to eliminate the hazards, or otherwise control the risks;
 (c) a comprehensive and integrated system for management of the hazards and risks;
 (d) monitoring, audit, review and continuous improvement.
 (3) An object of this instrument is to ensure that the risks to the health and safety of persons at facilities are reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable.
 (4) An object of this instrument is to ensure that diving to which the Act applies is carried out in Commonwealth waters only in accordance with:
 (a) diving safety management systems that have been accepted by NOPSEMA; and
 (b) diving project plans that have been:
 (i) approved by operators of facilities; or
 (ii) if there is no operator for a facility—accepted by NOPSEMA.
 (5) An object of this instrument is to ensure that diving safety management systems make provision for the following matters in relation to the health and safety of persons:
 (a) the identification of hazards and assessment of risks;
 (b) the implementation of measures to eliminate the hazards, or otherwise control the risks;
 (c) a comprehensive and integrated system for management of the hazards and risks;
 (d) monitoring, audit, review and continuous improvement.
 (6) An object of this instrument is to ensure that the risks to the health and safety of persons who carry out diving to which the Act applies are reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable.

1.5  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) diving;
(b) diving operations;
(c) health;
(d) NOPSEMA;
(e) NOPSEMA inspector.
  In this instrument:
accepted DSMS means a DSMS that has been accepted by NOPSEMA under section 4.5 or 4.6.
Act means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
ADAS means the Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme administered by the Board of the Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme.
AS/NZS, followed by a number, means the Australian and New Zealand Standard of that number, as