South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 173

173—Competence of worker—limited scientific diving work

        (1)         A person must not carry out limited scientific diving work unless the person has—

            (a)         the training, qualification or experience referred to in regulation 171A; and

            (b)         if the person is not permanently resident in Australia—relevant diving experience, including relevant diving experience obtained outside Australia.

Note—

See section 44 of the Act.

        (2)         In this regulation, a person has "relevant diving experience if the person has logged at least 60 hours diving of which at least 8 hours and 20 minutes were spent diving between 10 metres above and any depth below the maximum depth at which the limited scientific diving work is to be carried out.