Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
manned submersible craft —
(a)
means a craft that is designed to maintain its occupants at or near
atmospheric pressure while submerged (whether or not it is self-propelled, and
whether or not it is supplied with breathing mixture through an umbilical);
and
(b)
includes a craft in the form of a suit.
(2) A diving operation
is a petroleum operation carried out in the adjacent area that comprises 1 or
more dives.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2), a dive is an activity that involves a person (the diver )
—
(a)
being 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)
being submerged in water or another liquid and the diver’s lungs being
subjected to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure (whether or not the
diver is wearing a wetsuit or other protective clothing); or
(c)
being in a manned submersible craft that is submerged in water or another
liquid.
[Section 3A inserted: No. 36 of 2020 s. 311.]