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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 730

730—Diving work

        (1)         A person is taken to have the qualifications under regulation 171 in relation to general diving work if the person has—

            (a)         undertaken harvesting or scientific diving work during 2012; and

            (b)         completed at least 60 hours of harvesting or scientific work between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2012 (both days inclusive).

        (2)         If subregulation (1) does not apply, a person is taken to have a qualification under regulation 171

            (a)         in relation to general diving work (other than harvesting or scientific work); and

            (b)         until the end of 31 December 2013, in relation to harvesting or scientific work,

if the person has—

            (c)         undertaken general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific work) during 2012; and

            (d)         completed at least 60 hours of general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2012 (both days inclusive).

        (3)         If subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply, a person is taken, until 31 December 2013, to have qualifications under regulation 171(a) in relation to general diving work if the person has—

            (a)         undertaken general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) during 2012; and

            (b)         completed at least 15 hours of general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2012 (both dates inclusive).

        (4)         If subregulations (1), (2) and (3) do not apply, and a person undertakes general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) between 1 January 2013 and 30 June 2013 (both dates inclusive), that person is taken to have a qualification under regulation 171(a) for 6 months from the date on which the person first undertakes general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) during that period.

        (5)         In this regulation—

"harvesting or scientific diving work" means general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) that is carried out for the purposes of—

            (a)         taking fish, shellfish or other marine or aquatic life (whether for food or for other purposes); or

            (b)         professional scientific research, natural resource management or scientific research as an educational activity.



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