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Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation 2024
sec.19Guides for recreational snorkelling activities
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### sec.19 Guides for recreational snorkelling activities
This section applies if a dive operator provides a recreational snorkelling activity for 1 or more snorkellers.
Despite section 18 , the dive operator may allow the activity to be provided without a person acting as lookout if—
the dive operator, or a worker on the dive operator’s behalf—
conducts a proper assessment of the risks involved in not having a person act as lookout during the activity; and
decides, having regard to the risks, it is reasonable not to have a person act as lookout; and
the activity is supervised by a person who is a guide; and
the guide supervises no more than 10 snorkellers who participate in the activity; and
while the snorkellers are snorkelling during the activity, the guide complies with the requirements stated in section 20 .
(sec.19-ssec.1) This section applies if a dive operator provides a recreational snorkelling activity for 1 or more snorkellers.
(sec.19-ssec.2) Despite section 18 , the dive operator may allow the activity to be provided without a person acting as lookout if— the dive operator, or a worker on the dive operator’s behalf— conducts a proper assessment of the risks involved in not having a person act as lookout during the activity; and decides, having regard to the risks, it is reasonable not to have a person act as lookout; and the activity is supervised by a person who is a guide; and the guide supervises no more than 10 snorkellers who participate in the activity; and while the snorkellers are snorkelling during the activity, the guide complies with the requirements stated in section 20 .
- (a) the dive operator, or a worker on the dive operator’s behalf— (i) conducts a proper assessment of the risks involved in not having a person act as lookout during the activity; and (ii) decides, having regard to the risks, it is reasonable not to have a person act as lookout; and
- (i) conducts a proper assessment of the risks involved in not having a person act as lookout during the activity; and
- (ii) decides, having regard to the risks, it is reasonable not to have a person act as lookout; and
- (b) the activity is supervised by a person who is a guide; and
- (c) the guide supervises no more than 10 snorkellers who participate in the activity; and
- (d) while the snorkellers are snorkelling during the activity, the guide complies with the requirements stated in section 20 .
- (i) conducts a proper assessment of the risks involved in not having a person act as lookout during the activity; and
- (ii) decides, having regard to the risks, it is reasonable not to have a person act as lookout; and