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Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation 2024
sec.20Requirements for lookouts and guides—rescue and first aid
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### sec.20 Requirements for lookouts and guides—rescue and first aid
This section states the requirements that apply to a person who acts as lookout, or is a guide, for a recreational water activity mentioned in section 18 or 19 .
The person must—
be able to recognise relevant hazards; and
be able to recognise when a diver or snorkeller is in difficulty; and
be able to—
rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid; or
direct a person who is immediately available and capable to rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid.
Also, if the person acts as lookout, the person must—
be positioned out of the water where the person can see the whole area where the participants in the activity are diving or snorkelling; and
be solely engaged in being the lookout during the activity.
However, subsection (3) does not apply to a person while the person is rescuing or providing first aid to a diver or snorkeller in difficulty.
In this section—
first aid includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation, oxygen therapy and oxygen resuscitation.
(sec.20-ssec.1) This section states the requirements that apply to a person who acts as lookout, or is a guide, for a recreational water activity mentioned in section 18 or 19 .
(sec.20-ssec.2) The person must— be able to recognise relevant hazards; and be able to recognise when a diver or snorkeller is in difficulty; and be able to— rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid; or direct a person who is immediately available and capable to rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid.
(sec.20-ssec.3) Also, if the person acts as lookout, the person must— be positioned out of the water where the person can see the whole area where the participants in the activity are diving or snorkelling; and be solely engaged in being the lookout during the activity.
(sec.20-ssec.4) However, subsection (3) does not apply to a person while the person is rescuing or providing first aid to a diver or snorkeller in difficulty.
(sec.20-ssec.5) In this section— first aid includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation, oxygen therapy and oxygen resuscitation.
- (a) be able to recognise relevant hazards; and
- (b) be able to recognise when a diver or snorkeller is in difficulty; and
- (c) be able to— (i) rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid; or (ii) direct a person who is immediately available and capable to rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid.
- (i) rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid; or
- (ii) direct a person who is immediately available and capable to rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid.
- (i) rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid; or
- (ii) direct a person who is immediately available and capable to rescue a diver or snorkeller in difficulty and provide first aid.
- (a) be positioned out of the water where the person can see the whole area where the participants in the activity are diving or snorkelling; and
- (b) be solely engaged in being the lookout during the activity.