Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.29

3.29 .         Construction diving work

        (1)         In this regulation —

        construction diving work means any construction work in which diving is done using either surface supplied breathing apparatus or self‑contained underwater breathing apparatus, and includes the work done by the persons who give direct support to the diver.

        (2)         If, at a workplace, a person is to do construction diving work the person’s employer or the self‑employed person, as the case may be, must ensure that —

            (a)         each person to do the work is qualified in accordance with AS/NZS 2299; and

            (b)         the work is done in accordance with the relevant requirements of AS/NZS 2299.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        (3)         A person who does construction diving work must, when in the water, use compressed air to breathe in accordance with the requirements of AS/NZS 2299.

        Penalty for a person who commits the offence as an employee: the regulation 1.15 penalty.

        Penalty in any other case:

            (a)         for a first offence, $25 000; and

            (b)         for a subsequent offence, $31 250.

        [Regulation 3.29 amended in Gazette 10 Jan 2003 p. 63; 14 Dec 2004 p. 6017 and 6018.]