QLDIn ForceRegulation
Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation 2024
sec.15Required way to count persons
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.15
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation 2024.
### sec.15 Required way to count persons
This section provides for the way each count of persons required under section 14 or 16 must be carried out.
If there are 2 or more nominated crew members aboard a boat, each crew member must—
carry out the count independently of each other nominated crew member; and
compare the crew member’s count with the count of each other nominated crew member to ensure the counts agree.
If there is 1 nominated crew member aboard a boat, the crew member must carry out the count twice by—
using 2 different ways that require the persons being counted to actively participate in the count; or
using a head count and 1 way that requires the persons being counted to actively participate in the count.
completion of a sheet of diver’s signatures
a roll call
a tagging and signing system
For a count required under section 14 (2) (d) , a nominated crew member must also compare that count with the last count carried out under section 14 (2) (a) , (b) or (c) to ensure both counts agree.
(sec.15-ssec.1) This section provides for the way each count of persons required under section 14 or 16 must be carried out.
(sec.15-ssec.2) If there are 2 or more nominated crew members aboard a boat, each crew member must— carry out the count independently of each other nominated crew member; and compare the crew member’s count with the count of each other nominated crew member to ensure the counts agree.
(sec.15-ssec.3) If there is 1 nominated crew member aboard a boat, the crew member must carry out the count twice by— using 2 different ways that require the persons being counted to actively participate in the count; or using a head count and 1 way that requires the persons being counted to actively participate in the count. completion of a sheet of diver’s signatures a roll call a tagging and signing system
(sec.15-ssec.4) For a count required under section 14 (2) (d) , a nominated crew member must also compare that count with the last count carried out under section 14 (2) (a) , (b) or (c) to ensure both counts agree.
- (a) carry out the count independently of each other nominated crew member; and
- (b) compare the crew member’s count with the count of each other nominated crew member to ensure the counts agree.
- (a) using 2 different ways that require the persons being counted to actively participate in the count; or
- (b) using a head count and 1 way that requires the persons being counted to actively participate in the count. Examples of ways that require persons to actively participate in a count— 1 completion of a sheet of diver’s signatures 2 a roll call 3 a tagging and signing system
- 1 completion of a sheet of diver’s signatures
- 2 a roll call
- 3 a tagging and signing system
- 1 completion of a sheet of diver’s signatures
- 2 a roll call
- 3 a tagging and signing system