Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00347:reg:6:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00347
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 9/21)
Character Range: 118158–120828

operator, 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 a period of 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 who fails to carry out a duty imposed on him or her by subregulation (1) is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
 (3) A diving supervisor, when supervising a diving operation, may give such reasonable directions to any person taking part in the operation as are necessary to enable the diving supervisor to comply with subparagraph (1)(a)(i).
 (4) A diving supervisor must not dive while he or she is on duty as diving supervisor.
Penalty: 20 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 must tell each person who takes part in the operation any instruction, in the diving project plan for the operation, that applies to the person.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
 (6) In this regulation:
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 there is no operator for a diving project, State or Northern Territory laws, as applied by section 80 of the Act, may require the reporting of accidents and incidents.
Note 2: Regulation 4.27 requires a diving supervisor to maintain a diving operations record.

Part 7—Start‑up notices

4.24  Start‑up notice
 (1) In this regulation:
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 diving contractor for the project;
 (b) the name, address and telephone number of a person who can be contacted by NOPSEMA at any time during the project;
 (c) the date when diving is expected to begin;
 (d) the expected duration of the project;
 (e) the location of the project;
 (f) the depth to which divers will dive;
 (g) the purpose of the diving project;
 (h) the estimated number of people to be engaged in the project;
 (i) the breathing mixture to be used;
 (j) the title, document number and