Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00347:reg:6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00347
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 1/21)
Character Range: 98576–101324

6     Tasmania           Dangerous Goods Act 1998
                         Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997
                         Gas Act 2000 to the extent that it relates to occupational health and safety
                         Gas Pipelines Act 2000 to the extent that it relates to occupational health and safety
                         Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995

 (2) For the purposes of subsection 89(1) of the Act, the following laws or parts of laws of the Northern Territory are prescribed in relation to the Northern Territory:
 (a) Dangerous Goods Act 1998;
 (b) Part 5 of the Electricity Reform Act 2000;
 (d) the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011.
 (3) For the purposes of subsection 89(4) of the Act, the laws or parts of laws mentioned in column 2 of an item in the table in subregulation (1), that are substantive criminal law, are prescribed in relation to the State mentioned in column 1 of the item.
 (4) For the purposes of subsection 89(4) of the Act, the laws or parts of laws mentioned in subregulation (2), that are substantive criminal law, are prescribed in relation to the Northern Territory.
 (5) In this regulation:
substantive criminal law has the meaning given in subclause 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Crimes at Sea Act 2000.

Chapter 4—Diving

Part 1—Preliminary

4.1  Meaning of diving
 (1) For these Regulations, a person is diving if he or she:
 (a) is in a chamber inside which the ambient pressure is equal to or higher than the hydrostatic pressure at a depth of 1 metre in seawater (whether or not the chamber is submerged in water or another liquid); or
 (b) is submerged in water or another liquid and his or her lungs are subjected to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure (whether or not he or she is wearing a wetsuit or other protective clothing); or
 (c) is in a manned submersible craft that is submerged in water or another liquid.
 (2) For these Regulations, diving also includes diving using a snorkel and diving without the use of any breathing apparatus.
 (3) For these Regulations, diving does not include:
 (a) diving using a snorkel for the purpose of conducting an environmental survey; or
 (b) diving without the use of any breathing apparatus for that purpose.

4.2  When a diving operation begins and ends
 (1) For these Regulations, a diving operation begins when the diver, or first diver, who takes part in the operation starts to prepare to dive.
 (2) A diving operation ends when the diver, or last diver, who takes part in the operation leaves the water or the chamber or environment in which the dive took place and has completed any necessary decompression procedures.
 (3) A diving operation includes the