Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588:reg:6:p22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 22/28)
Character Range: 208204–210855

of each page of each entry and print the supervisor's name below the signature; or
 (ii) in any other case—sign each page of each entry and print the supervisor's name below the signature; or
 (b) if there are 2 or more diving supervisors for the operation—sign those parts of the entry that relate to diving work that the diving supervisor supervised and print the diving supervisor's name below the signature.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.

Diving contractor must retain diving operations record
 (6) A diving contractor must retain a diving operations record for at least 7 years after the date of the last entry in it.

Strict liability offence
 (7) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (6).
Penalty: 30 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision
 (8) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (6).
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.

4.28  Divers' log books
 (1) A diver commits an offence of strict liability if the diver does not:
 (a) have a log book in the form required by subsection (2); and
 (b) for each time the diver dives:
 (i) make an entry in the log book, in ink, as required by subsection (3); and
 (ii) sign the entry; and
 (iii) have the diving supervisor for the operation countersign the entry; and
 (c) keep the log book for at least 7 years after the date of the last entry in it.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (2) The log book must:
 (a) have hard covers; and
 (b) be bound so that pages cannot easily be removed; and
 (c) have its pages serially numbered; and
 (d) show the diver's name; and
 (e) have a clear photograph of the head and shoulders of the diver; and
 (f) have a specimen of the diver's signature.
 (3) An entry in the log book must contain the following information:
 (a) the date to which the entry relates;
 (b) the location of the dive (and, if the dive was from a ship or installation, the name of the ship or installation);
 (c) the maximum depth reached;
 (d) the times at which the diver left the surface, reached the bottom, left the bottom and arrived at the surface again, and bottom time;
 (e) the breathing apparatus and breathing mixture used;
 (f) the decompression schedule followed;
 (g) the work done and the plant and tools used;
 (h) any decompression illness, barotrauma, discomfort or injury and details of any treatment given;
 (i) details of any emergency or incident;
 (j) anything else relevant to the diver's health or safety.

Chapter 5—Compliance and Enforcement

Part 1—Preliminary

5.1  Simplified outline of this Chapter

      The civil penalty provisions of this instrument are enforceable under Part