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Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation 2024
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### sec.16 Requirements if counts do not agree
This section applies if the counts of persons required to be compared under section 15 do not agree.
The dive operator must ensure each nominated crew member aboard the boat counts the persons aboard the boat again in the way required under section 15 .
Maximum penalty—12½ penalty units.
If, after the recount of persons under subsection (2) , the counts required to be compared under section 15 still do not agree, the dive operator must ensure the relevant procedures in the dive operator’s emergency plan are implemented.
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
In this section—
emergency plan , for a dive operator, means an emergency plan prepared by the dive operator under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 , section 43 .
(sec.16-ssec.1) This section applies if the counts of persons required to be compared under section 15 do not agree.
(sec.16-ssec.2) The dive operator must ensure each nominated crew member aboard the boat counts the persons aboard the boat again in the way required under section 15 . Maximum penalty—12½ penalty units.
(sec.16-ssec.3) If, after the recount of persons under subsection (2) , the counts required to be compared under section 15 still do not agree, the dive operator must ensure the relevant procedures in the dive operator’s emergency plan are implemented. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(sec.16-ssec.4) In this section— emergency plan , for a dive operator, means an emergency plan prepared by the dive operator under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 , section 43 .